Psychotherapy; It is the general name of the techniques that aim to solve the cognitive, emotional and behavioral problems of individuals through verbal interviews with a trained professional and to protect and improve the mental health of individuals. Throughout the history of psychiatry, different types of psychotherapy have been developed in various periods, shaped according to the conditions of that period. Holistic, dynamic, cognitive behavioral, existential, Gestalt and interpersonal psychotherapy are the main types of psychotherapy.
Cognitive behavioral psychotherapy differs from other psychotherapies in terms of its basis. Cognitive behavioral therapy is based on the basic assumption that the way we perceive and interpret events changes our emotional and behavioral responses. The Greek philosopher Epictetus made a kind of basic summary of the cognitive behavioral theory by saying, “It is not the events that disturb people, but the way they perceive them.” This idea, which has been expressed throughout history, has been reinterpreted and conceptualized by contemporary psychiatrists and psychologists in the 20th century and has become a current form of psychotherapy used in today’s psychiatry.
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In cognitive behavioral psychotherapy, not only the current problems of the patients are tried to be solved, but with the skills taught in the therapy, the patients acquire methods that they can use against their mental predicament throughout their whole lives. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, short for CBT, provides great benefits to patients in the treatment of many psychiatric diseases, especially generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, depression, and phobias. In studies, it has been proven that CBT is as beneficial as drug therapy for patients when compared with drug treatments for the same psychiatric illness. comes out. While there may be a possibility of recurrence in time after the complaints of the patients regress with drug treatments, the possibility of recurrence of the disease in the long term is minimized even after the therapy is terminated, since the basic source of the problem is addressed and the patient is taught the ability to solve the problem with CBT.
