What is Cognitive-behavioural counselling?
Behavioural psychology is the study of actual human behaviour, how it is learnt and how it can be changed. This approach has evolved out of behavioural psychology and has three key features : a problem-solving, change-focused approach to working with clients; a respect for scientific values close attention to the cognitions (beliefs, thoughts and perceptions) through which people monitor and control their behaviour. The counsellor using this approach may be experienced by the client as more like a trainer or teacher than in the other approaches.
