Penelope experiences regular panic attacks, and her fear of them happening again has led her to be diagnosed with panic disorder
. She is working with a therapist who helps her to change her thinking about the attacks and the hope is that the anxiety as well as the attacks will be reduced over time. What psychotherapy technique is the therapist using? a) Systematic desensitization b) Cognitive restructuring c) Exposure and response prevention d) Free association
Cognitive restructuring is a psychotherapeutic process in cognitive behavioral therapy of learning to identify and dispute inaccurate, negative, irrational or maladaptive thoughts that contribute to the development of depression, they are known as cognitive distortions, such as all-or-nothing thinking (splitting), magical thinking, over-generalization, magnification, and emotional reasoning, which are commonly associated with many mental health disorders.
