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CBT principles before you begin your CBT journey.

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Let's take a look at some of its core principles.

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These will help guide you along the path to effective practice.

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CBT emphasizes collaboration and active participation.

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CBT works best when you take an active role in defining treatment goals and deciding how to move toward

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them.

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The therapy practice, guided by either a therapist or a resource like this one, brings expertise about

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general principles and techniques.

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But it takes collaboration to tailor those components to your specific needs.

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CBT is goal oriented and zeroes in on the specific problems.

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A crucial part of the work in CBT is defining the problem, which then makes that a problem feel more

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manageable.

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Defining clear goals that are important to you is a closely related step in the treatment.

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These goals will focus your energy and fuel your efforts as we work toward them.

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CBT is rooted in the here and now, while some therapists concentrate primarily on childhood events,

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CBT focuses on how one's thoughts and actions in the present may be a part of ongoing struggles and

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how changing those patterns might be helpful.

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Though CBT does consider important learning experiences from early in life, its emphasis on the present

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makes it an empowering treatment, focusing on factors that are within our control.

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CBT aims to teach you how to be your own therapist.

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With CBT, you will learn a few basic skills to help you manage the issues that brought you to therapy.

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By practicing, you can apply these techniques on your own, even with the new challenges that arise.

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CBT is a teach a person to fish kind of treatment that stays with you once therapy is over.