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What is CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy)?
Scared of therapy because you don't know what happens in the room? Here's CBT in two minutes: today's problems, practical tools.
Who it's for
Uncertainty about what therapy involves is a common reason people delay getting help.
Confused→Clear-Headed
Feelings it meets
What it is
A short explainer of about two minutes from the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA), part of its 'What Is...' video series and made in collaboration with Otsuka. It introduces cognitive behavioral therapy as therapy given by a trained professional that helps people find practical ways to deal with the problems they are currently facing.
Where to find it
YouTube, ADAA channel (free); also embedded on adaa.org with links to ADAA's therapist finder.
Before you start
Age: Ages 12+
Give sorrow words: the grief that does not speak Whispers the o'er-fraught heart and bids it break.William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act 4, Scene 3
