sessions and the reason for this is really to help you practice the skills and…Talkspace American Telemedicine Association… strategies that your in session out of session and you will find that you will progress a lot more quickly through the therapy process if you do your research type of similar to in school so a few other things to know about cognitive behavioral therapy are that it’s generally a more structured approach than other types of therapies and it includes determining goals that you and the therapist consent to deal with on together and the other bottom line is that in CBT treatment the therapist truly welcomes and solicits feedback on how things are going so this goes back to the concept that it’s a very collaborative method and it’s not this
concept of the counselor having more knowledge than you however just that the therapist has proficiency in various areas that they can offer and maybe provide you various methods of considering your problems one of the more typical misunderstandings 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 in fact not real in CBT the focus is certainly more on the present and how you’re operating in today however to see a good CBT therapist will deal with you on taking a look at if there are any concerns in your past that are still impacting your capability to function efficiently and successfully 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 psychological health subjects and if you’re interested in discovering more about online counseling Talkspace American Telemedicine Association