Puts
patients in control
Medication often works
by helping to suppress underlying emotions and thoughts, resulting in the
problem never completely being resolved. Cognitive behavioral therapy, on the
other hand, works by helping the patient identify their negative thoughts and emotions
while a therapist helps them to better understand how these thoughts and
emotions are controlling their actions. Then, the patient is better able to
gain control over those thoughts, and the actions that are a result of them.
Not
medication
Cognitive behavioral
therapy is done completely by talking and acting. While it may be used in
combination with medication, it can also be quite effective on its own. In
addition to not requiring that a patient takes medication, this treatment can
help reduce the need for medication in many patients over time, provided they
see a therapist on a regular basis.
Effective
treatment
Many patients are
unsure of whether or not cognitive behavioral therapy will work, particularly
in Western cultures that tend to put more emphasis on taking prescription
medications. Studies have proven that it can be effective at reducing the
symptoms of multiple disorders, including, but not limited to anger management
issues, depression, anxiety, social anxiety, PTSD, sleep disorders and much
more.
Long
lasting
Because medication does
not resolve the underlying issue, the patient often has the disorder that has
required that they seek the help of a professional disorder for years.
Cognitive behavioral therapy, on the other hand, works by changing the thought
patterns of the individual and helps to replace negative thoughts with more positive
thoughts.
Because of this, the
changes that are made when a patient undergoes cognitive behavioral therapy are
often life long, helping to decrease symptoms and guaranteeing that they do not
come back.
Better
relationships
Often, individuals seek
the help of a professional therapist due to addiction or another mental health
disorder. This form of treatment helps to decrease bothersome symptoms, and in
doing that, it makes the patient more self-aware than ever before. As patients
are able to see how their thoughts affect their actions, and how their actions
have an impact on their life as a whole, they are also able to see how their
actions affect their relationships.
The end result of this
is that many patients experience better relationships in every aspect of their
life, including work and home, as treatment progress and they continue to make
progress.
Encourages
responsibility
This form of treatment
is based on the behavioral model, a model that states that a person's feelings
control their thoughts, and then their thoughts control their actions. Because
of this, many individuals wind up accepting the responsibility for their
actions instead of blaming other people, situations, or claiming that it is
because they are a victim. While situations are often out of a person's
control, how they react to those situations is not, and this is one of the
primary beliefs that has helped to shape this form of treatment.
This form of treatment
continues to increase in popularity as more individuals are looking for a
permanent solution that medication does not provide. It is often referred to as
"talk therapy" because it consists primarily of the patient and
therapist talking to uncover feelings and thoughts that control actions. Talk
therapy can help individuals with various mental health disorders and life
struggles, and over time can reduce the need for medication.
London Therapy
Foundation consists of a full team of therapists, many of which specialize in a
particular area. This organization strives to help heal individuals through
therapy in order to alleviate the signs and symptoms of anything causing
emotional distress, including alcohol, drug addiction, family problems and
marital problems, among other things. Therapists are all trained and many are
accredited. Flexible hours allow patients to see a therapist around their own
personal schedule instead of having to take off work. London Therapy Foundation
also provides services for member therapists, such as affordable therapy rooms,
education, an area to collaborate with other like-minded individuals and more.
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