Can Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Really Help with Stress?
Therapists try to understand the thought processes of a patient in order to help him or her change the way he or she looks at things. Someone who suffers from stress frequently has persistent negative thought patterns, known as cognitive distortions. These people have trouble looking at their life without their thoughts distorting their view of things, such as the mind putting a negative perspective on reality. The therapist’s job is to help the patient find a more positive way of looking at things. Cognitive behavioral therapy is considered to be one of the most successful psychological treatments for stress. Treatment can last from 10 to 12 weeks and the therapy is conducted without the aid of medications. Some people begin to find relief from their chronic stress in as little as three or four weeks. This type of therapy is not just a temporary fix. When successful, the results are permanent. Patients can continue to use the techniques they learned in therapy to manage stress. – Abou
