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Handling SOGIECE-related Articles in Behavior Therapy

Update Regarding Handling of SOGIECE-related Articles in Behavior Therapy

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It’s World Autism Acceptance & Awareness Day!

Help create a kinder, more inclusive world and let’s celebrate Autism Acceptance and Awareness Day, today and every

Treating Race-Based Traumatic Stress

If you are dealing with the psychological wounds of racism, therapy, especially cognitive behavioral therapy, can teach you strategies to settle your body, reduce unhelpful thinking patterns, and intervene in systems that impinge on your mental health and wellness.

ABCT’s Statement on Women’s History Month.

Commemorating Women’s History Month

Ramadan Mubarak to all who celebrate.

Saluting those who celebrate Ramadan

Celebrating International Women’s Day

Saluting the World’s Women

Commemorating Black History Month

Saluting the African-American cowboy

ABCT supports increasing funding to expand evidence-based, developmentally appropriate opioid and substance use treatment for youth.

ABCT joins call for increased funding for substance use disorder treatment in youth.

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Saluting Paul Laurence Dunbar, poet and novelist

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Commemorating Black History Month

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Commemorating Black History Month

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Commemorating Black History Month

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Commemorating Black History Month

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Commemorating Black History Month

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Commemorating Black History Month

Saluting the abolitionist and suffragette, Harriet Tubman

Commemorating Black History Month

Saluting service by the Black Troops on the American Frontier

the Behavior Therapist: Paper or Electronic?

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Heartbroken and Angry

We reaffirm our commitment as an organization to provide resources to those struggling from the impact of gun violence and loss.

Gun Violence Briefing Book

Gun Violence: a briefing book for journalists to help put guns and violence in context and provide an overview of how CBT might help to combat those elements that promote violence and sooth the effects of the trauma witnessed upon others.

Duelo Complicado

Experimentar la muerte de un ser amado es uno de los eventos más dolorosos de la vida.

Uso y Abuso de Drogas

Cuando hablamos de drogas, nos referimos a aquellas sustancias que afectan nuestro cerebro y, por lo tanto, nuestro comportamiento.

Complicated Grief

Grief is a normal reaction and includes a variety of psychological and physiological symptoms that evolve over time.

Bereavement

Although loss is a nearly universal experience, there is considerable variety in how people grieve.

What is Cognitive Behavior Therapy?

Behavior Therapy and Cognitive Behavior Therapy are types of treatment that are based firmly on research findings. These approaches aid people in achieving specific changes or goals.

Changes or goals might involve:

A way of acting: like smoking less or being more outgoing;
A way of feeling: like helping a person to be less scared, less depressed, or less anxious;
A way of thinking: like learning to problem-solve or get rid of self-defeating thoughts;
A way of dealing with physical or medical problems: like lessening back pain or helping a person stick to a doctor’s suggestions.

Behavior Therapists and Cognitive Behavior Therapists usually focus more on the current situation and its solution, rather than the past. They concentrate on a person’s views and beliefs about their life, not on personality traits. Behavior Therapists and Cognitive Behavior Therapists treat individuals, parents, children, couples, and families. Replacing ways of living that do not work well with ways of living that work, and giving people more control over their lives, are common goals of behavior and cognitive behavior therapy.

How to Get Help

If you are looking for help, either for yourself or someone else, you may be tempted to call someone who advertises in a local publication or who comes up from a search of the Internet. You may, or may not, find a competent therapist in this manner. It is wise to check on the credentials of a psychotherapist. It is expected that competent therapists hold advanced academic degrees. They should be listed as members of professional organizations, such as the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies or the American Psychological Association. Of course, they should be licensed to practice in your state. You can find competent specialists who are affiliated with local universities or mental health facilities or who are listed on the websites of professional organizations. You may, of course, visit our website (www.abct.org) and click on “Find a CBT Therapist”

The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) is an interdisciplinary organization committed to the advancement of a scientific approach to the understanding and amelioration of problems of the human condition. These aims are achieved through the investigation and application of behavioral, cognitive, and other evidence-based principles to assessment, prevention, and treatment.