Puts patients in control
Medication often works by helping to suppress underlying emotions and thoughts, resulting in the problem never completely being resolved. Cognitive behavioural therapy, on the other hand, works by helping the patient identify their negative thoughts and emotions while a therapist helps them to better understand how these thoughts and emotions are controlling their actions. Then, the patient is better able to gain control over those thoughts, and the actions that are a result of them.
Not medication
Cognitive behavioural therapy is done completely by talking and acting. While it may be used in combination with medication, it can also be quite effective on its own. In addition to not requiring that a patient take medication, this treatment can help reduce the need for medication in many patients over time, provided they see a therapist on a regular basis.
Effective treatment
Many patients are unsure of whether or not cognitive behavioural therapy will work, particularly in Western cultures that tend to put more emphasis on taking prescription medications. Studies have proven that it can be effective at reducing the symptoms of multiple disorders, including, but not limited to: anger management issues, depression, anxiety, social anxiety, PTSD, sleep disorders and many more.
Long lasting
Because medication does not resolve the underlying issue, the patient often has the disorder that has required that they seek the help of a professional disorder for years. Cognitive behavioural therapy, on the other hand, works by changing the though patterns of the individual, and helps to replace negative thoughts with more
positive thoughts.
Because of this, the changes that are made when a patient undergoes cognitive behavioural therapy are often life long, helping to decrease symptoms and guaranteeing that they do not come back.
Better relationships
Often, individuals seek the help of a professional therapist due to addiction or another mental health disorder. This form of treatment helps to decrease bothersome symptoms, and in doing that, it makes the patient more self-aware than ever before. As patients are able to see how their thoughts affect their actions, and how their actions have an impact on their life as a whole, they are also able to see how their actions affect their relationships.
The end result of this is that many patients experience better relationships in every aspect of their life, including work and home, as treatment progresses and they continue to make progress.
Encourages responsibility
This form of treatment is based on the behavioural model, a model that states that a person's feelings control their thoughts, and then their thoughts control their actions. Because of this, many individuals wind up accepting the responsibility for their actions instead of blaming other people, situations, or claiming that it is because they are a victim. While situations are often out of a person's control, how they react to those situations is not, and this is one of the primary beliefs that has helped to shape this form of treatment.
This form of treatment continues to increase in popularity as more individuals are looking for a permanent solution that medication does not provide. It is often referred to as "talk therapy" because it consists primarily of the patient and therapist talking to uncover feelings and thoughts that control actions. Talk therapy can help individuals with various mental health disorders and life struggles, and over time can reduce the need for medication.
Medication often works by helping to suppress underlying emotions and thoughts, resulting in the problem never completely being resolved. Cognitive behavioural therapy, on the other hand, works by helping the patient identify their negative thoughts and emotions while a therapist helps them to better understand how these thoughts and emotions are controlling their actions. Then, the patient is better able to gain control over those thoughts, and the actions that are a result of them.
Not medication
Cognitive behavioural therapy is done completely by talking and acting. While it may be used in combination with medication, it can also be quite effective on its own. In addition to not requiring that a patient take medication, this treatment can help reduce the need for medication in many patients over time, provided they see a therapist on a regular basis.
Effective treatment
Many patients are unsure of whether or not cognitive behavioural therapy will work, particularly in Western cultures that tend to put more emphasis on taking prescription medications. Studies have proven that it can be effective at reducing the symptoms of multiple disorders, including, but not limited to: anger management issues, depression, anxiety, social anxiety, PTSD, sleep disorders and many more.
Long lasting
Because medication does not resolve the underlying issue, the patient often has the disorder that has required that they seek the help of a professional disorder for years. Cognitive behavioural therapy, on the other hand, works by changing the though patterns of the individual, and helps to replace negative thoughts with more
positive thoughts.
Because of this, the changes that are made when a patient undergoes cognitive behavioural therapy are often life long, helping to decrease symptoms and guaranteeing that they do not come back.
Better relationships
Often, individuals seek the help of a professional therapist due to addiction or another mental health disorder. This form of treatment helps to decrease bothersome symptoms, and in doing that, it makes the patient more self-aware than ever before. As patients are able to see how their thoughts affect their actions, and how their actions have an impact on their life as a whole, they are also able to see how their actions affect their relationships.
The end result of this is that many patients experience better relationships in every aspect of their life, including work and home, as treatment progresses and they continue to make progress.
Encourages responsibility
This form of treatment is based on the behavioural model, a model that states that a person's feelings control their thoughts, and then their thoughts control their actions. Because of this, many individuals wind up accepting the responsibility for their actions instead of blaming other people, situations, or claiming that it is because they are a victim. While situations are often out of a person's control, how they react to those situations is not, and this is one of the primary beliefs that has helped to shape this form of treatment.
This form of treatment continues to increase in popularity as more individuals are looking for a permanent solution that medication does not provide. It is often referred to as "talk therapy" because it consists primarily of the patient and therapist talking to uncover feelings and thoughts that control actions. Talk therapy can help individuals with various mental health disorders and life struggles, and over time can reduce the need for medication.
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