Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?

What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?

 At The Well Woman, one of our main treatment approaches when working with individuals is Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT). CBT was developed by psychiatrist Aaron Beck, MD in the early 1960’s. Cognitive Behavior Therapy is popular among mental health professionals, as it is evidence-based. Currently, more than 500 outcome studies have demonstrated the efficacy of CBT for a wide range of psychiatric disorders, psychological problems, and medical problems with psychological components (Butler, Chapman, Forman, Beck, 2006; Chambless; Ollendeck, 2001). In a nutshell, the CBT model proposes that dysfunctional thinking, which influences our mood and behavior, is common to all psychological disturbances.



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