cognitive behavioral therapy

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

  1. (psychology) A psychotherapeutic approach that addresses dysfunctional emotions, behaviors, and cognitions, focussing on a client's current state rather than on their past.
    Synonym: CBT
    • 2015 September, Greg Lukianoff, Jonathan Haidt, “The Coddling of the American Mind”, in The Atlantic[1]:
      Unlike drugs, cognitive behavioral therapy keeps working long after treatment is stopped, because it teaches thinking skills that people can continue to use.

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