Behavioral Therapy: DBT and CBT and How They Help Fight Addiction

What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)? Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBD) is a short-term behavioral psychotherapy used as a hands-on approach to re-teach patients problem-solving as well as changing the patterns of behavior and thinking that lead to a patient’s difficulties. It can be used to treat a wide variety of issues from problems sleeping, to relationship issues, to drug and alcohol abuse. CBT is designed to change the patient’s attitudes and actions by focusing on thoughts, images and beliefs and how they relate to the way the patient behaves towards emotional problems. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy can be thought of as a combination of both psychotherapy and behavioral therapy. Psychotherapy teaches the importance of personalized meaning of how thinking patterns develop as a child. Behavioral therapy pays attention to the relationship between our problems, our behaviors and thoughts. Most psychotherapists who practice CBT personalize and customize to the specific needs of each patient. What is Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)? Dialectical Behavior Treatment (DBT) provides patients with new skills to decrease conflict in their personal relationships, and works to give new tools for managing painful emotions. DBT is focused on providing these new skills in 4 distinct key areas: Mindfulness focus: Increasing the person’s perception and acceptance in their current mood. Distress Tolerance: Increasing the patient’s ability to tolerate negative ...
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