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The cognitive behavioral therapies are among the most popular with today's practitioners. What do you think accounts for increased interest in CBT?
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) refers to a therapy in which we can manage our issues and problems by changing the behaviour and thinking pattern. Mainly depression and anxiety are treated with this therapy.it is also helpful in various mental disorders.
The main purpose of behavioural theory is to developed and supports the desirable and wanted behaviour. It is based on the principles of behaviourism.
Behaviourism school of thought believed in the concept that humans learn from our environment.
In behavioural theory concepts and ideas of operant conditioning and classical conditioning are used. It is action based therapy.
It mainly focused on the idea that if older behaviour can create the problem then developing new behaviour can eliminate the unwanted and maladaptive behaviour.
There are many areas that are based on strategies of behavioural theory.
• Cognitive behavioural theory
• Applied behaviour analysis
• Social learning theory