Approach of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Both the variety of available therapeutic strategies as effective, this approach has been extended to a wide range of psychological disorders, as well as health promotion and disease prevention.
Cognitive-behavioral Therapy believes that people are born with a heritage and a certain temperament, which begins to interact with their environment, learning patterns of behavior, both beneficial and harmful to self and / or others. The term behavior is understood in a broad sense, encompassing visible behaviors and thoughts, feelings and emotions.
It is in early family interaction and the subsequent social and cultural exchange, which produces the acquisition of our usual way of thinking, feeling and acting. So in some situations we feel fear, joy in others, learn to solve certain problems while others are going out of hand.
However, the learning process is not unidirectional, it is a complex sequence of interactions, and we are not passive recipients of environmental influence. All learning occurs in an individual who always brings a certain genetic makeup and personal history and unique. This explains why the same situation each person reacts differently.
The cognitive-behavioral approach investigates how we learn, ie the principles that explain the learning of both desirable and harmful behaviors. Which we learn, is something that depends on the genetic constitution and, most importantly, the experiences of individuals and non-transferable life of each person.
Some of these lessons help us feel good, to interact appropriately with others and achieve what we set out. Others, however, we generate pain, resentment, hurt our health and our relationships. They will be directed therapy.