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Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy, a non-profit organization located in suburban Philadelphia, [1] is an international cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) training and research center. It was founded in 1994 by Aaron T. Beck and his daughter Judith S. Beck .
MindSpot’s remit is to improve access to mental health services, improve public awareness of how to access services and provide evidence-based treatments. [4]MindSpot offers two services – screening assessments and treatment courses – to help people learn about and manage stress, anxiety, low mood, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and chronic pain.
Inference-based therapy was developed in the late 1990s for treating obsessive-compulsive disorder. [3] [4] Initially, the model was developed mostly for obsessive-compulsive disorder with overt compulsions and for individuals presenting obsessive-compulsive disorder with overvalued ideas (i.e., obsessions with a bizarre content and strongly invested by the individual, such as feeling dirty ...
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Cognitive therapy is based on a teacher-student relationship, where the therapist educates the client. Cognitive therapy uses Socratic questioning to challenge cognitive distortions. Homework is an essential aspect of cognitive therapy. It consolidates the skills learned in therapy. The cognitive approach is active, directed, and structured.
OCD Awareness Week was launched in 2009 by the International OCD Foundation. [2] Its goal is an international effort to raise awareness and understanding about Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) and related disorders and to help get more people access to treatment for the condition. [2] It takes place in the second week of October each year.
Metacognitive training (MCT) is an approach for treating the symptoms of psychosis in schizophrenia, [1] especially delusions, [2] which has been adapted for other disorders such as depression, obsessive–compulsive disorder and borderline over the years (see below).
Inference-based therapy (IBT) is a form of cognitive therapy specifically developed for treating OCD. [184] The therapy posits that individuals with OCD put a greater emphasis on an imagined possibility than on what can be perceived with the senses, and confuse the imagined possibility with reality, in a process called inferential confusion. [185]