Characteristics of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
The therapy is effective not only as an aid in critical situations, but to provide resources and strategies that help us feel more stable and secure on a daily basis and prevent future emotional distress.
Here we list some characteristics of this type of psychotherapy:
- It is short in comparison with other forms of psychotherapy.
- The consultants can be a person, a couple, a family or group.
- Is active-directive, meaning that the changes require commitment and leading role of the patient, who is not restricted to attend meetings, but also will produce gradual changes in your daily life. The therapist is more direct: listening complemented by interventions that promote not only reflection but also action.
- Includes tasks to perform between sessions as a way to implement aspects worked in the office.
- It creates a collaborative relationship between therapist and patient, in which the therapist's role is to advise and accompany the journey to the changes that you wish to promote.
- It is oriented to the present. Reflecting on the past is intended to generate changes in the present towards a full and rewarding life.
- It is considered that the therapy was effective to the extent that the patient achieves the goals he set and improves his quality of life.