Modern psychotherapy has many directions. One of them is cognitive-behavioral (or cognitive-behavioral) therapy. Currently, this area is considered one of the most effective and promising.
Briefly about the direction
The founders of the direction are Albert Ellis and Aaron Beck, whose works became widespread and famous in the mid-20th century. It is interesting that these two experts developed their own largely similar methods independently, without cooperation with each other, at about the same time period.
A study conducted by the Canadian Center for the Study of Mental Problems and Addictions in 2007 showed that cognitive-behavioral therapy is highly effective in solving many problems, helps to achieve good results in a short time, and is positively perceived by patients.
The basis of the direction of cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy is the assumption that the cause of psychological disorders of depression (phobias, etc.) of a person is the internal problems of the personality itself: ineffective attitudes, beliefs, thoughts, judgments about life situations, about oneself and others.
So, many negative thoughts provoking unwanted emotions appear in people automatically, as it were, without their will. Also, people tend to think in cognitive patterns, stereotypes, for example, about how real men or women should or should not behave. Not always the stereotypes that exist in the human mind, correspond to objective reality and, moreover, are not always useful for him.