sessions and the factor for this is really to assist you practice the abilities and…Talkspace Andrea Yeriazarian… strategies that your in session out of session and you will find that you will progress far more quickly through the treatment procedure if you do your homework sort of similar to in school so a couple of other things to understand about cognitive behavior modification are that it’s usually a more structured approach than other types of treatments and it involves recognizing objectives that you and the therapist consent to deal with on together and the other bottom line is that in CBT therapy the therapist truly invites and solicits feedback on how things are going so this goes back to the idea that it’s a very collective approach and it’s not this
concept of the therapist having more understanding than you but just that the therapist has proficiency in different areas that they can offer and maybe provide you various methods of thinking of your issues among the more common misconceptions about CBT is that c.b.c therapists will not look at your past at all or take a look at how your past might be affecting your present and that’s really not real in CBT the focus is certainly more on the present and how you’re operating in the present but to see a good CBT therapist will work with you on analyzing if there are any concerns in your past that are still impacting your capability to operate effectively and successfully today if you like this video please feel free to register for our YouTube channel where you’ll discover a lot more content on a range of mental health subjects and if you have an interest in discovering more about online therapy Talkspace Andrea Yeriazarian