Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Cognitive behavior therapy is suitable for treating a wide range of psychological problems. It is a problem-oriented strategy that involves efforts to change unhelpful thinking and faulty behavior patterns. And the therapy has been demonstrated effective in treating:
- Mood disorders
- Anxiety disorders
- Eating disorders
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Alcohol addiction problem
- Drug abuse problem
- Sleeping problem
- Marital problems
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
An individual session usually takes place once a week and lasts for thirty minutes to one hour. Depending on influential factors such as disorder types, symptoms severity, and recovery speed, the length of a traditional cognitive behavioral therapy varies from 12 weeks to 20 weeks. [2]
