What’s the difference in Cognitive Therapy and basic Counseling with a Counselor?
Monday, November 23rd, 2009 at
8:17 am
I am currently getting counseling with a general counselor for Panic Disorder. I am on Lexapro and Xanax, which i am reducing my dosage of (xanax only) to see how i do on just the lexapro. I am hearing more about Cognitive Therapy and am wondering what the difference really is. I am alot better since my panic attacks began in April, but am worried about coming off my meds. Any advice on the cognitive therapy?
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Cognitive behavioral therapy is very good for changing your reactions to things and behaviors associated with your anxiety, where I feel that just talking to a counselor is trying to figure out the root of the anxiety itself. I prefer C.B.Therapy.
Cognition is a fancy word for thinking.
What we think "impacts" our emotions. Cognitive Therapy is a way to "think" through a problem, such as panic situations, not so much by flooding but by discussing triggers that lead up to the "feeling" anxious.
Anxiety can be triggered by certain situations or presenting conditions.