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• Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is a talking therapy that focuses on identifying and challenging irrational thoughts. Activities are set to change behaviours.
• Beck’s CBT is a 16-20 week program that focuses on present experiences and issues. The therapist trains the patient in thought-catching, that is identifying and recording their automatic negative/irrational thoughts. Once identified the negative thoughts are challenged and reconstructed to avoid distortion due to the negative triad.
• Another form of CBT is Ellis’ Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy (REBT). In this therapy Ellis’ ABC model is developed to the ABCDE model
• The patient can reality-test their irrational thoughts by carrying out homework tasks such as testing new ways of thinking/behaving and then evaluating the evidence with the therapist. Diaries may also be used as evidence.