The Orientation of Cognitive Behavior Therapy(CBT), helps the person determine what their problem is, by identifying what they may be feeling, what sign’s or symptoms’ they’re experiencing, and then; offer strategies’ and technique’s, to help the person reduce symptoms and manage the problems(Beck, J. S. 2011).
In the 1960s, Aaron Beck and Albert Ellis, combine cognitive and behavioral therapy focusing on the person identifying the feeling(s), connecting the emotions(s), and exploring any behaviors interfering with the persons, mood or disruptive thinking. The person would view any distorted realities, by challenging the thought (s), and replace them, with more rational thought(s) Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine.(2008).