sessions and the reason for this is really to assist you practice the skills and…Anthem Talkspace… methods that your in session out of session and you will find that you will advance a lot more rapidly through the treatment process if you do your homework kind of similar to in school so a few other things to learn about cognitive behavior modification are that it’s typically a more structured method than other types of treatments and it includes identifying objectives that you and the counselor agree to deal with on together and the other key point is that in CBT therapy the counselor actually obtains and invites feedback on how things are going so this goes back to the concept that it’s a very collective method and it’s not this
idea of the therapist having more knowledge than you but just that the therapist has competence in different locations that they can bring to bear and maybe offer you different ways of thinking of your problems one of the more common mistaken beliefs about CBT is that c.b.c therapists will not look at your past at all or examine how your past might be affecting your present and that’s actually not real in CBT the focus is definitely more on today and how you’re working in today but to see a good CBT therapist will work with you on taking a look at if there are any issues in your past that are still impacting your ability to operate successfully and effectively today if you like this video please feel free to subscribe to our YouTube channel where you’ll find a lot more material on a variety of mental health topics and if you have an interest in learning more about online therapy Anthem Talkspace