Which type of therapy is based on changing negative thought patterns that cause emotional distress?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. Cognitive therapy
- Step 1: Cognitive therapists, such as Beck, help clients to question distorted thoughts. Step 2. Changed thinking improves mood. Answer: cognitive therapy. Why not the others: Antisocial personality disorder involves chronic disregard for rights of others; generalized anxiety disorder involves pervasive persistent worry; and major depressive disorder involves persistent sad mood and anhedonia.
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