cognitive behavioral therapy

• cognitive behavioural therapy (Commonwealth)

cognitive behavioral therapy (countable and uncountable, plural cognitive behavioral therapies)

1. (psychology) A psychotherapeutic approach that addresses dysfunctional emotions, behaviors, and cognitions, focussing on a client's current state rather than on their past.

   Synonym: CBT

   • 2015 September, Greg Lukianoff, Jonathan Haidt, “The Coddling of the American Mind”, in The Atlantic‎:

     Unlike drugs, cognitive behavioral therapy keeps working long after treatment is stopped, because it teaches thinking skills that people can continue to use.

• dialectical behavior therapy