Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy: Nature and Relation to Non-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces; John R Keefe; Robert J DeRubeis

doi:10.1016/j.beth.2016.02.012

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy: Nature and Relation to Non-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Behav Ther. 2016 Nov;47(6):785-803. doi: 10.1016/j.beth.2016.02.012. Epub 2016 Mar 4.

Authors

Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces¹, John R Keefe², Robert J DeRubeis²

Affiliations

¹ University of Pennsylvania. Electronic address: lorenzl@sas.upenn.edu.
² University of Pennsylvania.

PMID: 27993333
DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2016.02.012

Abstract

Since the introduction of Beck's cognitive theory of emotional disorders, and their treatment with psychotherapy, cognitive-behavioral approaches have become the most extensively researched psychological treatment for a wide variety of disorders. Despite this, the relative contribution of cognitive to behavioral approaches to treatment are poorly understood and the mechanistic role of cognitive change in therapy is widely debated. We critically review this literature, focusing on the mechanistic role of cognitive change across cognitive and behavioral therapies for depressive and anxiety disorders.

Keywords: anxiety; cognitive theory; cognitive-behavioral therapy; depression; psychotherapy processes.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Anxiety Disorders / psychology
Anxiety Disorders / therapy*
Cognition Disorders / therapy*
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / methods*
Depressive Disorder / psychology
Depressive Disorder / therapy*
Humans
Psychological Theory