PTSD, Obsessions and compulsions, also certain sex, anger, and sleep issues, and many others. There are many different techniques that can be used in cognitive behavioral therapy, and depending on the cognitive distortion, some work better than others. For example, Exposure and response prevention works well with obsessive compulsive disorder. It is where a person is around whatever triggers the compulsive behavior but not allowed to engage in the compulsive behavior. Relaxation is another technique used. This technique is hard to master for some but could be very helpful to the patient. Therapy is reinforced by homework. This could be a crucial part in the treatment process. Some of the homework could include reading and writing exercises.
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By writing things down, it helps to gather information about our thoughts and moods. Every detail of a person’s mood can be recorded, from the time, intensity, to what caused the thought, and how a person responded to it. A journal can help to adapt and cope, as well as change our thought patterns. Another technique is unraveling cognitive distortions. To do this, you need to figure out which of your thoughts you are most vulnerable to, by first identifying, then to challenge your harmful automatic thoughts that are the most harmful. This technique is the main goals of cognitive behavioral therapy. An important technique in CBT is cognitive restructuring. Once you have identified the harmful thought, you can begin to figure out where it began, and what made you believe it. You can then try to figure out what leads you to negative thoughts about yourself and try to look at yourself in a more positive way, and what being a good person means. Sometimes to test a person’s thoughts to see if they are valid, and their underlying …show more content…
There have been many studies done to examine the efficacy and effectiveness that cognitive-behavioral therapy has on adult anxiety disorders. The evidence was reviewed of numerous meta-analyses that have been done of CBT for anxiety disorders. In controlled trials that were randomized, the treatment of adult anxiety disorders in naturalistic settings showed strong support in the effectiveness and efficacy. The amount of effect is difficult to estimate due to methodological issues. Even though this Therapy seems to have effective results in the treatment of anxiety disorders, we need to get a more accurate estimate of the significance of the effect, therefore, more studies need to be done. The meta-analyses confirm that CBT is by far, the most consistently verifiably supported psychotherapeutic option in the treatment of anxiety disorders (Stefan G. Hofmann, Anu Asnaani, Imke J.J. Vonk, Alice T. Sawyer, & Angela Fang, 2012). A recent review of meta-analyses of CBT identified 16 quantitative reviews that included 332 clinical trials covering 16 different disorders. Response rates were compared in eleven different studies between CBT and other treatments or control conditions. A higher response rate was shown in CBT in 7 of the reviews, than in the comparison conditions and CBT had lower response rates in only one review that was reported. (Christian Otte,
By writing things down, it helps to gather information about our thoughts and moods. Every detail of a person’s mood can be recorded, from the time, intensity, to what caused the thought, and how a person responded to it. A journal can help to adapt and cope, as well as change our thought patterns. Another technique is unraveling cognitive distortions. To do this, you need to figure out which of your thoughts you are most vulnerable to, by first identifying, then to challenge your harmful automatic thoughts that are the most harmful. This technique is the main goals of cognitive behavioral therapy. An important technique in CBT is cognitive restructuring. Once you have identified the harmful thought, you can begin to figure out where it began, and what made you believe it. You can then try to figure out what leads you to negative thoughts about yourself and try to look at yourself in a more positive way, and what being a good person means. Sometimes to test a person’s thoughts to see if they are valid, and their underlying …show more content…
There have been many studies done to examine the efficacy and effectiveness that cognitive-behavioral therapy has on adult anxiety disorders. The evidence was reviewed of numerous meta-analyses that have been done of CBT for anxiety disorders. In controlled trials that were randomized, the treatment of adult anxiety disorders in naturalistic settings showed strong support in the effectiveness and efficacy. The amount of effect is difficult to estimate due to methodological issues. Even though this Therapy seems to have effective results in the treatment of anxiety disorders, we need to get a more accurate estimate of the significance of the effect, therefore, more studies need to be done. The meta-analyses confirm that CBT is by far, the most consistently verifiably supported psychotherapeutic option in the treatment of anxiety disorders (Stefan G. Hofmann, Anu Asnaani, Imke J.J. Vonk, Alice T. Sawyer, & Angela Fang, 2012). A recent review of meta-analyses of CBT identified 16 quantitative reviews that included 332 clinical trials covering 16 different disorders. Response rates were compared in eleven different studies between CBT and other treatments or control conditions. A higher response rate was shown in CBT in 7 of the reviews, than in the comparison conditions and CBT had lower response rates in only one review that was reported. (Christian Otte,