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Re: CBT or CT
Jim Pretzer · 03/13/00 at 11:22 pm ET
It can be confusing when one is trying to sort out the distinctions between Cognitive Therapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy, especially since the terms are sometimes used loosely. A wide range of cognitive-behavioral approaches have been developed over the past 30+ years. These include Self-Instructional Training, Systematic Desensitization, REBT, Stress Innoculation Training, and many others. Cognitive Therapy is the name of Aaron Beck's particular approach. It is one of many cognitive-behavioral approaches and has a great deal in commom with other conitive-behavioral approaches. It is important to remember that even though Beck's approach is called "Cognitive Therapy", this does not mean that the uses only cognitive interventions and ignores behavioral interventions. Sean wrote "The one question I would ask is: when would it be appropriate to focus exclusively on cognition in psychotherapy? It seems to me that behavior change is almost always a component of good treatment." Beck would agree whole-heartedly. Behavioral interventions are an integral part of Cognitive Therapy. If a therapist uses only cognitive interventions and does not use behavioral interventions as well, they are not doing good Cognitive Therapy.
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