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CBT Resources for Mental Health Observances in October

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CBT Resources for Mental Health Observances in October

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October is Health Literacy Month. This month is time to promote strategies for sharing health information in a universal manner that everyone can understand and use. Below are some of our foundational resources for cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) meant for those just starting to learn about CBT or seeking treatment. 

ADHD Awareness Month

October is also ADHD Awareness Month. Our ADHD resources are compiled below for ease of access. 

Fact Sheet

Recommended Self-Help Books 

Special Interest Group (SIG)

October’s Monthly Mental Health Topic: Health Psychology Month

October’s Monthly Mental Health Topic is Health Psychology Month. The Association for Behavioral & Cognitive Therapies’ (ABCT) Clinical Directory and Referral Issues Committee has been compiling fact sheets as well as long and short videos relating to various treatment issues to aid with dissemination of CBT treatments. To that end, we’ve chosen to focus on the work of a specific treatment area each month and highlight some of the resources available on the ABCT website. In October, we have chosen to highlight resources related to the topic of health psychology. 

For a list of treatment providers who work with health psychology, check out ABCT’s Find-A-Therapist tool.

Fact Sheets

Panfletos en Español:

Videos

CE Credit Recorded Webinars:

CE Credit Recorded Webinars

Sanity Podcast X ABCT 

Special Interest Groups (SIGs)

We are looking for more videos and fact sheets. If you would like to contribute a fact sheet or short informational video on a specific treatment area or disorder, please let us know. We are looking to expand these sections of the website and could use your help.  If you have expertise in this area and would like to contribute a fact sheet or video, please email our Marketing and Communications Manager, Emily Ravaioli, [email protected].

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What Is Cognitive Behavior Therapy?

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is a type of treatment that is based firmly on research findings.  It places emphasis on changing your cognitions (thoughts) or behaviors (actions) in order to effect change in how you feel. These approaches help people in achieving specific changes or goals.

Changes or goals might involve:

A way of acting: like smoking less or being more outgoing;
A way of feeling: like helping a person to be less scared, less depressed, or less anxious;
A way of thinking: like learning to problem-solve or get rid of self-defeating thoughts;
A way of dealing with physical or medical problems: like reducing back pain or helping a person stick to a doctor’s suggestions.

Cognitive behavioral therapists usually focus more on the current situation and its solution, rather than the past. They concentrate on a person’s views and beliefs about their life. CBT is an effective treatment for individuals, parents, children, couples, and families. The goal of CBT is to help people improve and gain more control over their lives by changing behaviors that don’t work well to ones that do.

How to Get Help

If you are looking for help, either for yourself or someone else, you may be tempted to call someone who advertises in a local publication or who comes up from a search of the Internet. You may, or may not, find a competent therapist in this manner. It is wise to check on the credentials of a psychotherapist. It is expected that competent therapists hold advanced academic degrees. They should be listed as members of professional organizations, such as the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies or the American Psychological Association. Of course, they should be licensed to practice in your state. You can find competent specialists who are affiliated with local universities or mental health facilities or who are listed on the websites of professional organizations. You may, of course, visit our website (www.abct.org) and click on “Find a CBT Therapist”

The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) is an interdisciplinary organization committed to the advancement of a scientific approach to the understanding and amelioration of problems of the human condition. These aims are achieved through the investigation and application of behavioral, cognitive, and other evidence-based principles to assessment, prevention, and treatment.