Just what is CBT? How does it work?

Cognitive Behavior Therapy combines two very effective kinds of
psychotherapy — cognitive therapy and behavior therapy.

Behavior Therapy helps you weaken the connections between troublesome situations and your habitual reactions to them. Reactions such as fear,
depression or rage, and self-defeating or self-damaging behavior.
It also teaches you how to calm your mind and body, so you can feel better, think more clearly, and make better decisions.

Cognitive Therapy teaches you how certain thinking patterns are
causing your symptoms — by giving you a distorted picture of what's going on in your life, and making you feel anxious, depressed or angry for no good reason, or provoking you into ill-chosen actions.

When combined into CBT, behavior therapy and cognitive therapy provide you with very powerful tools for stopping your symptoms and getting your life on a more satisfying track.

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Possible Problem Areas in Functioning

Abandonment/Instability
Abuse/Mistrust
Emotional Deprivation
Functional Dependence/Incompetence
Vulnerability to Harm and Illness
Enmeshment/Undeveloped Self
Defectiveness/Shame  

Social Undesirability/Alienation
Failure to Achieve
Subjugation
Self Sacrifice/Overresponsibility
Emotional Inhibition
Unrelenting/Unbalanced Standards
Entitlement/Self-Centeredness
Insufficient Self-Control/Self Discipline