How Cognitive Therapy is Different . . .
Cognitive therapy incorporates a variety of features that differ from traditional psychotherapy, and that shorten the process of change. Four of these elements are briefly described below:
The cognitive therapist actively directs patients to the discovery of central thinking problems.The cognitive therapist engages patients as active participants by assigning therapeutic homework.Cognitive therapy focuses on the resolution of current, specific problems.The therapist makes joint decisions with the patient and regularly asks for feedback to maintain a high degree of collaboration and empathy.Click "next" to read about the development of cognitive therapy.