Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, usually shortened as CBT, is a very practical treatment in which therapist and client work together collaboratively. It centres on the understanding that our thoughts, ideas and beliefs affect the way in which we feel and act towards ourselves and other people in our daily life. CBT is based on the knowledge that many of our problems are caused and maintained by our unhelpful beliefs and deeply held assumptions about others and our selves in our life. These underlying beliefs and assumptions are usually learned through our past experiences and interactions with significant people around us. At the time when we learned these, they can have helped us to cope with our experiences. Some of these beliefs can even now be helpful still, but there may be others that are no longer helpful and that really hinder our effective functioning.

1. What do you meant by Cognitive Behaviour Therapy?

2. Describe carefully, using examples the factors on which CBT is based.