Cognitive Behavioral Approach

This article starts out by giving facts about the development and efficiency of using the cognitive-behavioral approaches. The article states that cognitive-behavioral approaches have proven to be verifiably effective for treating a wide range of clinical disorders such as depression. Although this approach has been used for years, techniques that are used to help people accept and distance themselves from harsh thoughts and emotions are less underlined because of the focus of changing the content of cognitions in Cognitive Therapy. The group who have written this article have suggested that using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy along with Cognitive Therapy would be more beneficial for a client. The reason being so is because some studies