cognitive behavioral therapy

noun

A psychotherapeutic approach that addresses dysfunctional emotions, behaviors, and cognitions, focussing on a client's current state rather than on their past.

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CBT
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Meanings

nouncognitive behavioral therapy (countable and uncountable, plural cognitive behavioral therapies)

plural cognitive behavioral therapies · alternative cognitive behavioural therapy

  1. countableuncountablehuman sciencesA psychotherapeutic approach that addresses dysfunctional emotions, behaviors, and cognitions, focussing on a client's current state rather than on their past.

    Unlike drugs, cognitive behavioral therapy keeps working long after treatment is stopped, because it teaches thinking skills that people can continue to use.

    2015 September, Greg Lukianoff, Jonathan Haidt, “The Coddling of the American Mind”, in The Atlantic

    Synonyms: CBT

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA psychotherapeutic approach that addresses dysfunctional emotions, behaviors, and cognitions, focussing on a client's current state rather than on their past.

Similar
CBT

Translations

Catalan teràpia cognitivoconductual
  • teràpia cognitivoconductualpsychotherapeutic approach
Chinese Mandarin 認知行為治療 /认知行为治疗, 認知行為療法 /认知行为疗法
  • 認知行為治療 /认知行为治疗 (rènzhī xíngwéi zhìliáo)psychotherapeutic approach
  • 認知行為療法 /认知行为疗法 (rènzhī xíngwéi liáofǎ)psychotherapeutic approach
Danish kognitiv adfærdsterapi
  • kognitiv adfærdsterapipsychotherapeutic approach
Dutch cognitieve gedragstherapie
  • cognitieve gedragstherapiepsychotherapeutic approach
Finnish kognitiivinen käyttäytymisterapia
  • kognitiivinen käyttäytymisterapiapsychotherapeutic approach
French thérapie cognitivo-comportementale
  • thérapie cognitivo-comportementalepsychotherapeutic approach
German kognitive Verhaltenstherapie
  • kognitive Verhaltenstherapiepsychotherapeutic approach
Hungarian kognitív viselkedésterápia
  • kognitív viselkedésterápiapsychotherapeutic approach
Irish teiripe chognaíochta agus iompraíochta
  • teiripe chognaíochta agus iompraíochtapsychotherapeutic approach
Korean 인지 행동 치료
  • 인지 행동 치료 (inji haengdong chiryo)psychotherapeutic approach
Malay terapi tingkah laku kognitif, terapi kognisi dan perilaku
  • terapi tingkah laku kognitifpsychotherapeutic approach
  • terapi kognisi dan perilakupsychotherapeutic approach
Polish terapia poznawczo-behawioralna
  • terapia poznawczo-behawioralnapsychotherapeutic approach
Russian когнити́вно-поведе́нческая терапи́я
  • когнити́вно-поведе́нческая терапи́я (kognitívno-povedénčeskaja terapíja)psychotherapeutic approach
Swedish kognitiv beteendeterapi
  • kognitiv beteendeterapipsychotherapeutic approach
Turkish bilişsel davranışçı terapi
  • bilişsel davranışçı terapipsychotherapeutic approach
Ukrainian когніти́вно-поведі́нкова терапі́я
  • когніти́вно-поведі́нкова терапі́я (kohnitývno-povedínkova terapíja)psychotherapeutic approach
Vietnamese liệu pháp hành vi nhận thức
  • liệu pháp hành vi nhận thứcpsychotherapeutic approach
Welsh therapi gwybyddol ymddygiadol
  • therapi gwybyddol ymddygiadolpsychotherapeutic approach
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