Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a relatively recent "trend" in psychotherapy, which is often seen as having miraculous properties. What does it actually cure and how?
Dr. Helga
What is it?
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CPT) is designed to correct both the behavior and self-perceptions of the person by destroying harmful patterns of behavior that have been ingrained in the mind. Cognitive-behavioral therapy specialists start from the premise that all people make mistakes and wrong decisions at some point in life. With a stable state of the psyche, the episode remains in memory as a life experience to be taken into account — and no more.
But sometimes the environment, relatives, or superiors focus so vividly on the failure that a person may develop a persistent fear of repeating the negative experience. Sometimes this leads to a fear of taking decisive actions in general, which can cause excruciating inner feelings, a fear of being rejected, and a perception of...
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