Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Cognitive Behavioural Theory (CBT) is based on the idea that how we think (cognition), how we feel (emotion) and how we act (behavior) all interact together. Specifically, our thoughts determine our feelings and our behavior. It was developed predominantly by two American psychologists in the mid-twentieth century; Aaron Beck and Albert Ellis.

Positives

 * Does not involve chemically altering your body
 * Addiction and dependence on drugs/medication is nonexistent with CBT
 * Intrinsically alters the thinking process that motivate

Assumptions of CBT

 * The cognitive approach believes that abnormality stems from faulty cognitions about others, our world and us. This faulty thinking may be through cognitive deficiencies (lack of planning) or cognitive distortions (processing information inaccurately).
 * These cognitions cause distortions in the way we see things; Ellis suggested it is through irrational thinking, while Beck proposed the cognitive triad.
 * We interact with the world through our mental representation of it. If our mental representations are inaccurate or our ways of reasoning are inadequate then our emotions and behavior may become disordered.

Aaron Beck; Ellis, good to compare with Freud