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cognitive behavioral therapies

cognitive behavioral therapies is the plural of cognitive behavioral therapy.

Meaning of cognitive behavioral therapy

Noun

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

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

Questions about cognitive behavioral therapies

What is cognitive behavioral therapies the plural of?
Cognitive behavioral therapies is the plural of cognitive behavioral therapy.

Words near cognitive behavioral therapies in the dictionary

  1. cogniting
  2. cognition
  3. cognitional
  4. cognitions
  5. cognitive
  6. cognitive behavioral therapies
  7. cognitive behavioral therapist
  8. cognitive behavioral therapists
  9. cognitive behavioral therapy
  10. cognitive behavioural therapies
  11. cognitive behavioural therapist

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