cognitive behavioral therapy

English

Alternative forms

• cognitive behavioural therapy (Commonwealth)

Noun

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^[1]:

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

Related terms

• dialectical behavior therapy

Translations

psychotherapeutic approach

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 認知行為治療／认知行为治疗 (rènzhī xíngwéi zhìliáo), 認知行為療法／认知行为疗法 (rènzhī xíngwéi liáofǎ)

• Danish: kognitiv adfærdsterapi c
• Dutch: cognitieve gedragstherapie f
• Finnish: kognitiivinen käyttäytymisterapia
• French: thérapie cognitivo-comportementale (fr) f
• German: kognitive Verhaltenstherapie f
• Hungarian: kognitív viselkedésterápia
• Malay: terapi tingkah laku kognitif,​ terapi kognisi dan perilaku​
• Polish: terapia poznawczo-behawioralna f
• Russian: когнити́вно-поведе́нческая терапи́я f (kognitívno-povedénčeskaja terapíja)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: kognitiv beteendeterapi c
• Turkish: bilişsel davranışçı terapi
• Ukrainian: когніти́вно-поведі́нкова терапі́я f (kohnitývno-povedínkova terapíja)
• Vietnamese: liệu pháp hành vi nhận thức, liệu pháp hành vi nhận thức