Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a type of psychotherapy that focuses on confronting maladaptive thought patterns and changing behaviors to achieve psychological wellbeing. One of the most common ways that this type of therapy is performed is by consciously labeling these distressing thoughts as ‘cognitive distortions’ with the intent of showing how unrealistic and unhelpful […]
Volunteering as a Treatment for Depression?
Victor Frankel, a psychiatrist, and holocaust survivor, once wrote, “Those who have a ‘why’ to live, can bear with almost any ‘how’”. He believed that meaning was central to a fulfilling life and that consequently, the search for meaning was a fundamental component of the treatment of psychopathology like depression. Most providers understand this intuitively—that […]
