Therapeutic Approaches And Counselling — Psychology STD 12 Humanities — Question

CBT is a short and effective treatment for a wide range of psychological disorders such as anxiety, depression, panic attacks and borderline personality, etc.

• It combines cognitive therapy and behavioural technique.
• According to CBT, the cause of client’s distress is biological, psychological and social relations in combination.
• CBT focuses on the biological aspects through relaxation procedures and the psychological ones through behaviour therapy. Social aspects are dealt with environmental manipulations.
• This multi-axial approach makes CBT a comprehensive technique, which is easy to use, applicable to a variety of disorders and has full potential to deal effectively with psychological disorders.