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Cognitive behaviour therapy is generally short-term and focused on helping clients deal with a very specific problem. During the course of treatment, people learn how to identify and change destructive or disturbing thought patterns that have a negative influence on behaviour.
Cognitive behavioural therapy aims at changing the way a person thinks (hence "cognitive") and his or her behaviour in response to those thoughts.
Unlike other forms of counselling, CBT does not focus on a person's past experiences that may have contributed to a condition, but rather on present symptoms of the condition that are causing issues on a day-to-day basis.
One of the basic tenets of CBT is breaking down problems into smaller parts and taking time to analyse each one, as the negative impact of continued problems is the main target of this therapy.
CBT is commonly used to treat a wide range of disorders including phobias, addiction, depression and anxiety.
According to the British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies, "Cognitive and behavioural psychotherapies are a range of therapies based on concepts and principles derived from psychological models of human emotion and behaviour. They include a wide range of treatment approaches for emotional disorders, along a continuum from structured individual psychotherapy to self help material."
