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• challenges the way that we think and what we do
• it is a talking therapy
• most commonly used psychological treatment for depression and other mental health disorders
• aim is to make client aware of relationship between thought, emotions and actions
• aims to deal with irrational thinking by challenging negative thoughts
• can help to break the maladaptive thinking, feeling behaviour
• each session can range from 30-60mins
• they can be given homework such as keeping a diary so they can challenge the negative thoughts and create healthy ways to cope