How to Use cognitive therapy in a Sentence

cognitive therapy

noun
  • For many people, online mindfulness or cognitive therapy exercises can make a big difference.
    Bethany Teachman, CNN, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Those in the short-term cognitive therapy group also had a follow-up assessment after six months.
    Minali Nigam, CNN, 10 July 2019
  • The clinic will soon launch a clinical trial comparing the effects of cognitive therapy to a 3-month treatment of Adderall to compare the effects of each.
    Kristine Gill, Fortune, 16 Jan. 2023
  • In the years after he was first diagnosed with schizophrenia in 1990, Staglin has learned, through trial and error, how to manage the illness with medication and cognitive therapy.
    Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 16 Oct. 2019
  • Koko is a peer-support platform that provides crowdsourced cognitive therapy.
    IEEE Spectrum, 1 Feb. 2021
  • Her stay was followed by months of extensive physical and cognitive therapy.
    Halley Bondy, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2019
  • Patients treated with the risk-aware cognitive therapy were more likely to be able to return to normal level of functioning and prevent the fear from incapacitating them.
    Vaughan Bell, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2011
  • In the years after the accident, Coleman said Ian underwent physical, occupational and cognitive therapy for up to 20 hours a week.
    Pam Kragen, sandiegouniontribune.com, 9 May 2018
  • Yoney says her patients are typically referred to a speech pathologist for cognitive therapy lasting between 4 and 12 weeks.
    Kristine Gill, Fortune, 16 Jan. 2023
  • In the Karolinska University burnout study, people who initially had thinned-out prefrontal cortexes got cognitive therapy to cope with their stress.
    Elizabeth Svoboda, Discover Magazine, 20 Apr. 2022
  • But there's widespread agreement that the condition does not preclude success if it's treated -- whether through medication, cognitive therapy or setting things up in a way that ameliorates the challenges ADHD presents.
    Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 2 July 2019
  • The third project is to expand access to trauma therapy across the city by training counselors and mental health workers on racial trauma and alternatives to traditional cognitive therapy.
    courier-journal.com, 8 July 2022
  • The father of four underwent a 14-week cognitive therapy course and began to educate himself about his mental illness, eventually learning how to manage it.
    Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 10 Oct. 2022
  • Martin’s tools for dismantling the moods — or, ideally, curbing them from the outset — borrow from cognitive therapy, Buddhism, New Age pop psychology and neuroscience.
    Rachel Rosenblit, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2020
  • The virtual therapist talks the patients through, using cognitive therapy techniques to alter their perception of the experience.
    NBC News, 11 July 2018
  • In a major study just published, Early detection and intervention evaluation for people at risk of psychosis, 288 young British adults who were deemed to be 'at risk of psychosis' were randomized to get cognitive therapy (CT) or a control condition.
    Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 19 Apr. 2012
  • To help treat cognitive impairments, one option is to undergo cognitive therapy.
    Nicole Skrobin, chicagotribune.com, 30 Aug. 2019
  • As treatment, Jaywant, his fellow psychologists, and respiratory therapists use a range of mindfulness, cognitive therapy, and breathing techniques that can slow heart rate and quell fears.
    Gabrielle Glaser, STAT, 28 Aug. 2020
  • Beck trained as a psychoanalyst, and his study of psychoanalytic concepts of depression led to his development of cognitive therapy in the 1960s, according to the Beck Institute.
    Amy Woodyatt, CNN, 2 Nov. 2021
  • Brain fog and cognitive difficulties may be treatable in some patients with cognitive therapy approaches.
    Jack Gorman, Quartz, 24 Dec. 2021
  • Neither cognitive therapy, nor the antipsychotic drug risperidone (at a low dose) had any effect: those given 'supportive therapy' (basically: sympathetic chats) and a placebo pill did just as well.
    Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 16 Dec. 2012
  • Physical therapy, cognitive therapy, support groups and rehabilitation have all been taking place in the metaverse even before the term existed.
    Eran Orr, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2022
  • There is a serious role for counseling and rehabilitation, cognitive therapy and introspection in criminal justice case of this sort—and many others.
    James Hamblin, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2017
  • Although some psychotherapists still question Dr. Beck’s approach, cognitive therapy began to be more widely accepted after 1980.
    Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2021
  • In contrast, systems such as cognitive therapy, self-compassion, prayer and visualization counter the ambient narrative’s unsettling tone with more reassuring thoughts and images.
    James Carmody, The Conversation, 10 Jan. 2020
  • Contribute to health insurance packages for artists to receive medical, dental, vision, cognitive therapy, substance abuse programs, counseling etc.
    Heran Mamo, Billboard, 2 Sep. 2020
  • Layard points out that spiritual practices ranging from meditation to positive psychology to cognitive therapy can also feed an inner life.
    Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 30 Sep. 2019
  • The subsidized government coverage allowed Matney to get recommended medications and tests, see a neurologist and enroll in cognitive therapy.
    Noam N. Levey, latimes.com, 6 June 2019
  • Those who focus on distorted thinking recommend cognitive therapy . . .
    David P. Barash, WSJ, 13 Feb. 2019
  • Treatment for more extreme levels of anxiety require effective psychotherapy with a mental health professional who can offer cognitive therapy or other treatments that gradually expose a person to a stressful situation to resolve their fears.
    Melba Newsome, Scientific American, 3 May 2021

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