How to Use cognitive behavioral therapy in a Sentence

cognitive behavioral therapy

noun
  • There are different styles of cognitive behavioral therapy based on the problem that the client wants to work on.
    — Laura E. Knouse, The Conversation, 9 May 2022
  • With cognitive behavioral therapy, the goal is to extend the delay between a thought and an action.
    — Stefan Krajisnik, The Indianapolis Star, 2 July 2020
  • Some of the tools used in cognitive behavioral therapy include light therapy lamps, wake-up lights and sound machines.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026
  • This six-week course employs cognitive behavioral therapy to improve the quality of your sleep.
    — Simon Hill, Wired, 21 Aug. 2021
  • Woebot deploys concepts from cognitive behavioral therapy to help users change their thought patterns.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 26 May 2024
  • The authors use tools of cognitive behavioral therapy to affect behavioral change.
    — Detroit Free Press, 15 June 2020
  • Gates is in the medical magnet program at Jones and hopes to pursue a career in cognitive behavioral therapy.
    — Annie Martin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 10 May 2018
  • Researchers working on the study theorized that the lack of efficacy could have been due to the cognitive behavioral therapy offered to both groups.
    — Grace Browne, WIRED, 2 Dec. 2023
  • Frost co-authored a book titled Buried in Treasures, which presents cognitive behavioral therapy practices in a self-help book.
    — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 15 July 2024
  • Woebot, a mental-health chatbot, deploys concepts from cognitive behavioral therapy to help users.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 26 May 2024
  • The higher the score, the more likely a person will need professional treatment, like cognitive behavioral therapy, to cope.
    — Popular Science, 18 Dec. 2019
  • MoodKit employs the tools of a technique called cognitive behavioral therapy.
    — David Freedman, Discover Magazine, 1 Feb. 2013
  • Some types of therapy, like cognitive behavioral therapy, have plenty of evidence to back up their effectiveness when used on their own.
    — Sigal Samuel, Vox, 19 June 2024
  • There’s not enough cognitive behavioral therapists out there to do the cognitive behavioral therapy for these people.
    — Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 23 July 2024
  • One that pops up frequently is CBT, or cognitive behavioral therapy.
    — Molly Burford, Allure, 16 Oct. 2019
  • Prompts could take the form of a suggestion to meditate, try a breathing exercise, or engage with some cognitive behavioral therapy techniques.
    — Will Coldwell, Wired, 29 Dec. 2021
  • Because cognitive behavioral therapy is structured and skill-oriented, many mental health experts think it can be employed, at least in part, by algorithm.
    — New York Times, 1 June 2021
  • For most people, that treatment is cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), which has been proven to lower the amount of binge eating episodes over time.
    — Colleen Murphy, Health.com, 25 Feb. 2021
  • After months of antidepressants and cognitive behavioral therapy, the crises seemed controlled.
    — Deldhy Nicolás Moya Sánchez, The Conversation, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Based on cognitive behavioral therapy, the goal is to challenge patients’ thoughts, beliefs and attitudes to improve their emotional well-being.
    — Bhav Jain, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 May 2023
  • Think of them, instead, as kind of volunteer neighborhood grandmothers – that is, if the grandmothers were trained in cognitive behavioral therapy.
    — Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Feb. 2025
  • From there, the group moved into basic instruction in cognitive behavioral therapy, one of the most common and best-studied therapeutic methods.
    — Grace Rubenstein, STAT, 18 Jan. 2024
  • The coaching is personalized from the first session, where time is taken to find focus for what support the employee needs, and the flow is loosely based on cognitive behavioral therapy.
    — Malcolm Burenstam Linder, Quartz, 10 Jan. 2023
  • In extreme cases, people with misophonia may need cognitive behavioral therapy to manage the condition.
    — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 5 Dec. 2025
  • Everyone in the study also underwent cognitive behavioral therapy for smoking cessation over the course of 13 weeks.
    — Will Stone, NPR, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Welcome to cognitive behavioral therapy for AI models!
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2026
  • After two or three doses of psilocybin, along with cognitive behavioral therapy, 80 percent of the subjects quit for at least six months, the investigators found.
    — Sarah Scoles, Popular Science, 9 Nov. 2020
  • Aaron Beck, the pioneer of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), has died at the age of 100.
    — Amy Woodyatt, CNN, 2 Nov. 2021
  • Like the company’s weight loss program, Mood — which the company first rolled out as a beta program last year — primarily draws on concepts from cognitive behavioral therapy.
    — Katie Palmer, STAT, 16 Oct. 2021
  • By the way, these tactics come from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), a first-line therapy treatment for panic disorder.
    — Cassie Shortsleeve, SELF, 5 June 2019

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