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cognitive-behavioral therapy

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cognitive-behavioral therapy [¦käg·nə·tiv bə¦hāv·yə·rəl ′ther·ə·pē]
(psychology)
A form of psychotherapy that focuses on changing dysfunctional attitudes into more realistic and positive ones and providing new information-processing skills.


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Psychotherapy as Religion goes on to demonstrate how psychodynamic psychotherapy, behavioral therapy, and cognitive-behavioral therapy are all rooted in an American mythology that exalts "heroic individualism", placing responsibility squarely on the individual's shoulders and utterly ignoring contributing factors from society.
Psychotherapy as Religion goes on to demonstrate how psychodynamic psychotherapy, behavioral therapy, and cognitive-behavioral therapy are all rooted in an American mythology that exalts "heroic individualism", placing responsibility squarely on the individual's shoulders and utterly ignoring contributing factors from society.
There is also support for cognitive-behavioral therapy for the treatment of youth with depressive symptoms or subsyndromal depression (Asarnow, Jaycox, & Tompson, 2001).
 
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