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cognitive behavioural therapy

cognitive behavioural therapy is the alternative spelling 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

Forms of cognitive behavioural therapy

pluralcognitive behavioural therapies

Questions about cognitive behavioural therapy

What is cognitive behavioural therapy the alternative spelling of?
Cognitive behavioural therapy is the alternative spelling of cognitive behavioral therapy.

Words near cognitive behavioural therapy in the dictionary

  1. cognitive behavioral therapists
  2. cognitive behavioral therapy
  3. cognitive behavioural therapies
  4. cognitive behavioural therapist
  5. cognitive behavioural therapists
  6. cognitive behavioural therapy
  7. cognitive bias
  8. cognitive biases
  9. cognitive control
  10. cognitive disabilities
  11. cognitive disability

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