Cognitive behavioral therapy combines two types of psychotherapy,
cognitive therapy and behavior therapy. Cognitive behavior
therapy treatment is a psychotherapy that focuses primarily on
thinking and how it relates to the way a person feels and behaves.
C. B. T. teaches individuals that it’s
their thinking which causes them to feel and act the way they
do. Therefore, once a patient recognizes he or she has the power
to control their own thinking ideally, one
can control undesirable thoughts and replace them with more productive
thinking to promote a balanced and healthier lifestyle. Cognitive-behavioral
therapy emphasizes a person doesn’t
have to let external things control the way they feel and act
or view the world. In other types of therapy treatments the relationship
between the therapist and patient is believed to be one of the
main traits that promotes healing. Cognitive-behavioral therapy
therapists value the relationship but believe that it’s
more important to teach clients the ability to identify potential
hazardous thinking themselves. Therapy treatments can give clients
the skills necessary to practice these self-counseling techniques
on their own to produce lasting recovery. Cognitive-behavioral
therapy has been effective in the treatment of anxiety and depression.
Some drug rehabilitation centers incorporate a cognitive behavioral
therapy treatment approach to help drug-addicted individuals
plagued with excessive negative thinking resulting from years
of drug abuse.