Cognitive-Behavioral Couples Counseling
What is Cognitive-Behavioral Couples Counseling?
The term "cognitive" refers to our thoughts, perceptions, interpretations, and beliefs. Many relationship issues are associated with biased assumptions about ourselves, our partner, the world around us, and the future. You and your partner's behaviors also affect the relationship. If left unchecked, negative automatic thinking and behavior patterns can lead to relationship problems and feelings such as depression, anger, stress, or anxiety.
In therapy, the couple and therapist are actively involved in identifying specific thinking and behavior patterns that may be giving rise to problems. The way you and your partner communicate is largely based on your beliefs, thoughts, and feelings. As ingrained beliefs and contributing behaviors are revealed, new ways of perceiving and communicating can begin to take shape. Uncovering negative behavior patterns, discussing perceptions, and experimenting with new ways of interacting have been shown to improve relationships.
Cognitive-Behavioral Couples Counseling is a short-term psychotherapy, which emphasizes collaboration between clients and therapist. More focused than many other types of treatment, the course of therapy usually is three to six months, depending on the couple's particular issues.
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The term "cognitive" refers to our thoughts, perceptions, interpretations, and beliefs. Many relationship issues are associated with biased assumptions about ourselves, our partner, the world around us, and the future. You and your partner's behaviors also affect the relationship. If left unchecked, negative automatic thinking and behavior patterns can lead to relationship problems and feelings such as depression, anger, stress, or anxiety.
In therapy, the couple and therapist are actively involved in identifying specific thinking and behavior patterns that may be giving rise to problems. The way you and your partner communicate is largely based on your beliefs, thoughts, and feelings. As ingrained beliefs and contributing behaviors are revealed, new ways of perceiving and communicating can begin to take shape. Uncovering negative behavior patterns, discussing perceptions, and experimenting with new ways of interacting have been shown to improve relationships.
Cognitive-Behavioral Couples Counseling is a short-term psychotherapy, which emphasizes collaboration between clients and therapist. More focused than many other types of treatment, the course of therapy usually is three to six months, depending on the couple's particular issues.
Click [Here] to learn more about cognitive-behavioral therapy.
