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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

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noun

  1. a form of therapy in which, having learnt to understand their anxiety, patients attempt to overcome their usual behavioural responses to it

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He said therapy, medication and learning coping skills through Cognitive Behavioural Therapy all played a part in improving his mental health.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2023

My therapy was CBT - Cognitive Behavioural Therapy - which examines negative thoughts associated with trauma and tries to replace them with positive ones.

From BBC • May 7, 2022

I've undergone a form of treatment called Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, first in Canada as a teenager and again in the UK as an adult.

From BBC • May 9, 2020

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