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What’s CBT & How Can It Help Mental Health Patients?

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a goal-oriented psychotherapy technique thatu2019s effective in changing the way thought processes work. This therapy is proven beneficial for patients to cope with stress, anxiety, depression, and many other mental health conditions.

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What’s CBT & How Can It Help Mental Health Patients?

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  1. WHAT’SCBT H O WC A NI TH EL PM EN TA LHEA L TH P A T I E NT S ?

  2. KEYCONCEPTS ScopeoftheGuidelines What’sCBT? CBTCanHelpMentalHealthPatients MedicalConditionsCBTCanTreat HowCognitiveBehavioralTherapyWork? CBTTechniquesForBoostingMentalHealth GoalSetting CognitiveRestructuring MakingaRecordofThoughts SchedulingThings StressManagementTechniques KeyTakeaways

  3. CognitiveBehavioralTherapy (CBT) isagoal-oriented psychotherapytechniquethat’seffectiveinchangingtheway thoughtprocesseswork. Thistherapyisprovenbeneficialfor patientstocopewithstress, anxiety, depression, andmany othermentalhealthconditions. CBTiseffectiveinunderstandinghowcertainlifeevents affectthewaywebehaveandreact, howwefeel. Medical researchsaysthattherapycanhelpinmanagingvarious stressfulsituations. AreputedCalifornia medical clinic canhelpyougetprofessionaladviceforCBT So, howexactlyCBTworksforboostingmentalwellness? Readontolearnmore.

  4. WHAT’SCBT? CognitiveBehavioralTherapyisapsychotherapythatisfocusedonlearningabouthowthoughts & beliefsarelinkedtofeelingsandbehaviors. Usingthistherapy, peoplecanlearneffectivewaysofthinking & behaving, andalsoaboutthe unhelpfulthoughtsthatcanaffectthewayapersonfunctions. CBTallowsmentalhealthpatientstolearncopingstrategiesforstressfulevents, thusimprovingtheir lives. ThecompleteCBTcourseconsistsofvarioussessions, inwhichmentalhealthprofessionalsand patientsmeetregularly.

  5. CBTCANHELPMENTALHEALTHPATIENTS DeterminethemajorstressfulsituationscausingproblemsKnowtriggersofnegativethoughtsControl fearsIdentifylifegoalsandcreaterelevantstrategiesformeetingthemStopblamingthemselvesLearn howcertainsituationsaffecttheirmood MEDICALCONDITIONSCBTCANTREAT CognitiveBehavioralTherapyiseffectiveinmanagingvariousconditions- GeneralAnxietyDisorder Post-TraumaticStressDisorder Insomnia SocialAnxiety PanicDisorder EatingDisorder DentalPhobia MaritalConflict SubstanceAbuse ChronicPain Depression Sexual & RelationshipProblems

  6. HOWCOGNITIVEBEHAVIORALTHERAPY WORK? Somepsychotherapiesarefocusedonpastbeliefsandfeelingsforunderstandingthepresentthoughts. However, CognitiveBehavioralTherapyworksonpresentbeliefs. CBTishelpfulinmanagingproblemsassociatedwiththoughtsandbeliefs. Itfocusesonidentifyingthe patient’slifegoalsandchangingthewaytheyapproachstressfulsituations. OneofthemajorobjectivesofCognitiveBehavioralTherapyistochangethewayapatientthinksandbehaves, thusdeliveringpositiveeffects. Forinstance, depressionresultsindistortedperceptionsandinterpretations. Patientswiththisconditionoftenhaveanegativemindsetanddifficultyinmakingdecisionsanddealingwith certainsituations.Thisusuallyresultsinnegativethings. However, CBTisaimedatcontrollingthesenegativethoughtsandreplacingthemwithpositiveones. Itcanbe doneinvariousways, suchasacquiringnewskills, identifyinghowyourthinkingprocessworks, etc. Now, let’sunderstandhowCBThelpsinmanaginganxiety

  7. Patientswithanxietyexperienceexcessiveworrying, sleepproblems, andfear. Thesesymptomscanmake itdifficultforthemtohandletheirdailytasksandleadahappylife. So, evenifeveryonearoundishappywiththem, theycontinuetoworryoverlittlethingsandexperience varioushealthissues.Talkingtoalicensedmentalhealthpractitioneratareputed Californiamedical clinic canhelpyouwiththelistofevidencesupportingyourbeliefsandevidenceagainstit. Thus, by understandingthelists, youcaneasilydetermineyournegativethoughts, theirorigins, andlearnthe copingstrategies. Forexample, ifyouareworriedaboutlosingyourjob. Youcanmaketwolists—oneisabouttheevidence supportingsuchthoughtsandanotherisabouttheevidenceagainstthem. Iftheagainstlistcontains morepoints, thenyourthoughtsaboutlosingyourjobarenottrue.

  8. CBTTECHNIQUESFORBOOSTING MENTALHEALTH GOALSETTING Identifyingyourobjectivesandsettinggoalscanhelpincopingwithmentalillnessessuchasanxietyand depression. Yourtherapistwillhelpyoulearnaboutthingsyouarepassionateabout, yourgoals, andmake customizedstrategiesforthat. Additionally, thetherapistwillhelpyouidentifyandlearnnewskillstomeetyourobjectivesandfight stressfulsituations. Forexample, includingexerciseinyourroutineallowsyoutoboostmood, reducestress hormones, thusboostingyouroverallhealth. Thiswillhelpyouworkdedicatedlytoachieveyourgoals.

  9. COGNITIVERESTRUCTURING Thistechniqueinvolveslearningtheinsidestoryofnegativethoughts. Perhaps, youaregivingmore attentiontolittlethings, whichcanaffectthewayyouperform. Whileworkingwithatherapist, youcaneasilydeterminehowyourthoughtprocessworksandwhatare themajorreasonsforthosenegativethoughts. Oncethisisdone, youcanrestructureyourthoughtprocess toboostmood, concentration, andproductivity. Forexample, “ThatemailrelatedtomybadworkshowsthatIcan’tdoanythingright.” willbereplacedby “Ihaveearnedmanyaccoladesfrommymanager, it’sokay, sometimes, ithappens.” MAKINGARECORDOFTHOUGHTS Writingyourthoughtsinyourpersonalnotepadallowsyoutohaveabetterunderstandingofhowyoufeel andbehave.Youcanworkwithyourmentalhealthprofessionaltoidentifyyourthoughts (bothpositiveand negative) thatoccurredbetweentwoconsecutivesessions. Youcannotedownhowyoufeltinperforming differentactivitiessuchaswatchingafootballmatch, spendingtimewithyourkids, visitingyourparents, meetingyourcollegefriends, etc. Thus, youcaneasilydeterminetheactivitiesthatmakeyouhappyand theonesthatincreaseyouranxietylevels.

  10. SCHEDULINGTHINGS Notdoingthingsontimeisoneofthereasonsforexcessiveworryingandanxiousfeelings. And, makinga routinecanmakeyourlifealoteasier. Youcanmakealistofactivitiesforthenextday. It’sgoodtowritedowntheestimatedtimeofcompletion infrontofeachactivity. Thiswillhelpyoueaseanxietyandfear STRESSMANAGEMENTTECHNIQUES Stressisasilentkiller. Itcanleadtosleepproblems, racingthoughts, troublemakingdecisions, andfeeling unmotivated. InCBT, thereareseveralrelaxationtechniquesthatcanhelpeasestress, thusboosting mentalwellness. Theseincludedeepbreathing, musclerelaxation, mindfulness.  Thus, CognitiveBehavioralTherapycanhelpyoulowerstresslevelsnaturally. Thiscanhelpinmanaging anxietydisorders, socialphobias, andothermentalillnesses.

  11. KEYTAKEAWAYS CognitiveBehavioralTherapyisaneffectivetreatmentforanxiety, depression, PTSD, phobias, andvarious othermentalhealthconditions. Ithelpspatientsunderstandhowtheirthoughtprocessesworkanddesign therightstrategiestocopewithstressfulsituations. Whileworkingwiththerapists, patientscaneasilydeterminetheirnegativethoughts, wherethey originatedfrom, theevidencesupporting, andagainstthem. Thisway, theycanchangethewaythey respondtocertainsituations. WanttolearnmoreaboutCognitiveBehavioralTherapyorseekprofessionalhelpformanagingyour negativethoughts? Visitareliable Californiamedicalclinic today. https://bit.ly/2ZhXgmm SOURCE:

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