| Cognitive Behavior therapy has been widely used | | | | so deeply ingrained that they cause automated |
| and clinically tested in over 400 trials to be an | | | | and negative responses. |
| effective form of psychotherapy. Dr. Aaron Beck | | | | Dr. Beck has been a pioneer in the Cognitive |
| has studied cognitive behavior therapy for over | | | | Behavior Field. His first experiment was on himself |
| 50 years and has opened an institute committed | | | | and he tested the methods that rooted from |
| to training professionals and helping patients deal | | | | rationale emotive therapy to form what is known |
| with a wide range of psychological issues including | | | | today as Cognitive Behavior Therapy. He also |
| fears, anxiety and depression. Cognitive Behavior | | | | participated in a clinical trial and found that CBT is |
| therapy has gained a great deal of support from | | | | just as effective as medication in treating often |
| the psychological field and is a hands-on, patient | | | | difficult to overcome mental illnesses such as |
| empowering form of therapy that deals with the | | | | depression. He opened the Beck Center for |
| present emotions and thinking patterns of the | | | | Cognitive Behavior Therapy and strives to help |
| patient. In the past the field of psychology was | | | | patients and train therapists in this highly |
| largely interested in the past experiences of a | | | | recommended form of therapy. |
| patient as a key to unlocking the future. Dr. | | | | CBT can be used for panic attacks, anxiety, social |
| Beck's Cognitive Behavior Therapy believes that | | | | disorders, depression, anger management as well |
| these keys exist in our now. | | | | as a tool to simply overcome a lifetime of |
| Cognitive behavior therapy works because each | | | | negative thinking. Patients have to be very |
| patient has an individualized blue print and goal | | | | committed to the process and come in with |
| system that can help them to map their path to | | | | specific goals in mind. One of the first questions a |
| healing. It essentially works on the assumption | | | | patient needs to ask themselves before starting |
| that each person has a different thought process | | | | CBT is "What do I want to change and what do I |
| associated with every circumstance in life. For | | | | want to gain from the therapy?" While some |
| instance, while one person may see a "trigger" | | | | patients may begin CBT due to mental illness |
| such as a fire truck and react with optimism | | | | others use it as a form of gaining abundance in |
| saying "I hope there is no emergency," another | | | | their lives in areas where they feel they are |
| person may immediately panic and take on the | | | | lacking or stuck in a negative cycle. |
| mindset of "oh no someone has definitely died or | | | | Beck's Cognitive Behavior Therapy commences |
| lost their home to a fire." These two different | | | | by patients tackling their own belief systems and |
| responses put into motion entirely opposite | | | | thought processes with the help of a trained |
| affects on the mental, physical and emotional | | | | therapist (for example, there are several |
| aspects of the person. What many people fail to | | | | therapists in Huntington Beach that actively |
| realize is that it is these assumptions or | | | | practice Beck's CBT therapy. When you are |
| perceptions that literally dictate the course of their | | | | specifically faced with rationalizing these things and |
| life. In other words, our reality and our today are | | | | assessing your respondent behavior you can |
| created by how we feel and think today. | | | | make strides to changing them. Typically, Beck's |
| Another phenomenal aspect of CBT is that it | | | | program has patients seen once a week for the |
| doesn't offer band-aid solutions for patients and | | | | first few weeks. In the meantime they are given |
| instead allows them to self develop (with | | | | homework assignments and soul searching |
| therapeutic assistance) new thoughts and beliefs | | | | adventures that ask the big questions leading to |
| that will help them to be productive and | | | | the answer of exactly what is holding them back |
| overcome issues they may be facing. These self | | | | in life. Depending on the situation, patients can see |
| help tools can be utilized in various situations in life | | | | results in as little as 4 - 6 weeks or may prefer a |
| where our grid iron belief system or 'opinions' are | | | | longer form of therapy for certain conditions. |