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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is an evidence-based, structured form of psychotherapy that helps people identify and change unhelpful patterns of thinking and behavior in order to reduce psychological distress and improve functioning. CBT is grounded in the principle that thoughts, emotions, and behaviors are in…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 39× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2574-612X 🗓 Reviewed June 2026

Overview

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is an evidence-based, structured form of psychotherapy that helps people identify and change unhelpful patterns of thinking and behavior in order to reduce psychological distress and improve functioning. CBT is grounded in the principle that thoughts, emotions, and behaviors are interconnected, so that modifying distorted cognitions and maladaptive behaviors can relieve symptoms across a wide range of conditions, including depression, anxiety disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, and other difficulties. It is typically goal-oriented, time-limited, and collaborative, using techniques such as cognitive restructuring, behavioral activation, exposure, and skills training, and it has given rise to specialized and adapted variants tailored to particular problems and populations. Research assembled here reflects this breadth within psychotherapy practice and research, including studies of rumination-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy and caregiver-child co-rumination in a randomized clinical trial, cognitive-analytic therapy in women with breast cancer and post-traumatic stress disorder, and psychosocial interventions in bipolar disorder. Related work addresses dissociative amnesia as a therapeutic challenge, innovative approaches to suicide prevention and treatment, therapeutic interventions in specific populations, and network-analysis perspectives on depressive symptoms. Together these themes situate CBT within a wider body of research on structured, evidence-informed psychological treatments and their adaptation to diverse clinical and psychosocial contexts.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2018

Dissociative Amnesia – A Challenge to Therapy  

Staniloiu AngelicaCorresponding author
University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
Exact topic International Journal of Psychotherapy Practice and Research Cited by 30 doi:10.14302/issn.2574-612X.ijpr-18-2246
2020

Pain between Psyche and Soma in Uro-Andrology

Pruneti CarloCorresponding author
Dept. of Medicine and Surgery, Clinical Psychology, Clinical Psychophysiology and Clinical Neuropsychology Labs., University of Parma, Italy.
Exact topic International Journal of Pain Management Cited by 2 doi:10.14302/issn.2688-5328.ijp-20-3386
2021

Aging and Positive Psychology

Marks RayCorresponding author
Department of Health and Behavior Studies, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA.
Exact topic Aging Research And Healthcare Cited by 6 doi:10.14302/issn.2474-7785.jarh-21-3979

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 39 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in International Journal of Psychotherapy Practice and Research (ISSN 2574-612X).

Journal editorial board
Karim Sedky · United States Tullio Scrimali · Italy DAMIANA SCUTERI · Italy

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