Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Is Beneficial For Specific...

The results from diverse institutions from the United States give a suggestion that spiritually integrated therapy is desirable and can be beneficial for specific subsets of patients. Cognitive behavioral therapy refers to a behavioral therapy that was initially developed by Aaron T, Beck in the 1960s. CBT is based on the argument that a person’s belief system is the attributable cause (Corey, 1996). The internal dialogues of an individual play a central role in that person’s way of acting. Spirituality on the other hand, refers to the nature or religion, devotion or piety. It is an individual’s belief system that emanates from their own connecting with the transcendent. There is no defined definition of spirituality. Becker (2001)†¦show more content†¦There it is imperative that every kind of counselling should borrow issues of spirituality for purposes of effectiveness. The issue to be analyzed again is whether cognitive therapy can also be used to address counselling issues that are of spiritual nature. The answer to this issue lies in different areas such as client, the therapist, the nature of cognitive therapy and the spiritua l nature of client-therapist relationship. CBT is effective in medication in treating specific mental health problems .This plays a key role in managing problems, including depressions and anxiety and reduces a negative impact to the client’s life. However CBT poses a risk of bad feelings that are associated with personal problem which can return although they can be controlled with CBT skills. Hence, it is encouraged that someone should continue even after full recovery. CBT has a number of advantages. Some of them include being effective as a medication that can be used in treating various mental disorder and can play a key role where medication alone cannot work. It can also be completed within a short while as compare to other methods such as spiritualism which can take a considerable time. CBT is structured in different way. This means that different formats of CBT can be used which include groups, self- help books and various computer programmers. Skills you learnt in CBT can be important, practical and helpful