Cognitive behavioral therapy

an umbrella term for a number of psychological techniques that share a theoretical basis in behavioristic learning theory and cognitive psychology.... In cognitive oriented therapies, the objective is typically to identify and monitor thoughts, assumptions, beliefs and behaviors that are related and accompanied to debilitating negative emotions and to identify those which are dysfunctional, inaccurate, or simply unhelpful. This is done in an effort to replace or transcend them with more realistic and useful ones.....