Cognitive and behavioural therapy is a therapy for treatment of psychological frustration which cornerstone the opinion that behavior and feeling of the person are connected not with a specific situation in which he stays is, and is exclusive with his personal perception of the events. Often thoughts of such plan are badly realized by the person – we are inclined to believe any reaction as something self-evident. Cognitive therapy is directed to correction of such behavior and allows to remove new, adaptive habits.
Cognitive processes in psychology
In general the cognitive psychology considers memory, attention, decision-making, understanding, actions, thinking. As beliefs and typical behavior also belong to this area, it is necessary to solve the problems connected with it on sessions of cognitive and behavioural therapy.
As a rule, the person long time hesitates to go to the expert, and the earlier to carry out diagnostics and to begin treatment, the it will be simpler to solve problems. If you notice that you are constantly accompanied by feeling of alarm, you long time cannot overcome a stress, or the depression became your constant satellite – it is worth addressing the psychotherapist.
However, such therapy is useful will be prone also that who to introspection and seeks to become more effective person able to perceive rationally the world around and to react to it is adaptive.
Cognitive psychotherapy: how does pass?
Classes of cognitive and behavioural therapy are given, as a rule, by the professional psychotherapist. These are quite short courses: they consist of only 10-20 sessions which need to be attended twice a week.
During the occupations the patients master the major skills:
- Patients learn to reveal those negative thoughts which cause disturbing and a depression. It allows to fight with them effectively.
- Occupation impart a habit to analyze the negative thoughts, to reveal degree of their truthfulness and if necessary – to substitute them for more constructive and real representations.
- Patients begin to connect the mental and physical state, and exclude working overloads, an insufficient dream, stresses and other provocative factors that considerably increases quality of life.
- After a course the patients, as a rule, keep active lifestyle, using skills of opposition of a depression.
- Occupations show that the world around – is not hostile and that it is always possible to ask for the help relatives. It improves communicative skills of the person and at the same time helps to struggle with a stress, not to accumulate it.
- If desired, the patient can continue to work on himself as receives the list of references by means of which it is possible to deepen the gained knowledge and skills.
Thanks to such occupations the patients quickly refuse the fears, alarms, incorrect beliefs and begin to live more freely and quietly. In many cases the psychotherapy helps people to find new, happier life.
Cognitive and behavioural therapy: when it is worth applying?
Now the efficiency of cognitive and behavioural therapy is proved scientifically. It is recommended to apply at the following states:
- panic attack;
- any phobias;
- depression;
- anxiety and persuasive disorders.
If extent of frustration quite easy, then cognitive and behavioural therapy allows to cope with it literally for several occupations. It is very effective measure and if to ask for the help in time, then the problem will be quite simple to be solved.