Addiction Behavioral Therapy

The Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a psychotherapy using Cognitive Therapy, behavior alteration and rational emotive behavior therapy combined together to treat various kinds of disorders. It is related to the aim of affecting disturbed emotions. This technique is used on group as well as on the individuals. There is no defined CBT for treatment for every client. It depends upon the particular client or the issue related to him which can be found by various methods.

CBT is affordable technique for treatment of different disorders and psychological problems. The CBT treatment process is not completed in a night. The CBT is currently the most effective and most successful technique for treatment of major depression. It is used in the treatment of youth as well as adults. It is used in the treatment of anxiety disorders, depression, health anxiety, social phobia, panic disorder, chronic maltreatment, obsessive compulsive disorder, bulimia, agoraphobia, and other phobias, schizophrenia, post traumatic stress disorder and symptoms of trauma.
Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy (CBGT) is a type of group therapy in which people suffering from mental illness are brought together in a group and gets support from each other by realizing that they are not alone. It is based on set of rules given by Richard Heimburg. Some other CBT techniques are Schema-Focused Therapy, Self-Instructional Training, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, etc.

Some characteristics of CBT are as follows:
- It is based on idea of emotional response and educational model.
- It is smaller and limited in time.
- Good therapeutic relationship is required.
- Its main feature is homework.
- It is two-way endeavor involving therapist and patient.
- Based on aspect of stoic philosophy.
- It uses Socratic Method.
- It is directive and planned.
- Its techniques and theories depend upon the inductive method.

CBT can help people in changing how you think and what you do. This helps them to feel better. Instead of going deeper in your past history of the illness it works towards changing your behavior and feeling in the present time. It is most effective in anxiety or depression problem, for moderate and severe depression.

The CBT can be ineffective where people feel uncomfortable to talk about their feelings related to depression, shame, anxiety or anger. If someone is feeling low and is not able to concentrate then it could be tough for him to get CBT treatment at first.

The CBT program may extent from 6 weeks to 6 months depending upon the type of problem and its working procedure for you. Every person having stress related problems can take admission into this program.