CBT Boosts Your Self Confidence
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is a blanket-term for psychotherapy systems which define psychological dysfunctions as learned beliefs, interpretations, and responses as problematic behaviour, with the aim of influencing or changing those problematic emotions and behaviours.
(CBT) is based on the assumption that most emotional and behavioural reactions are learned.
Therefore, the goal of therapy is to help clients unlearn their unwanted reactions and to learn a new way of reacting.
Many of the CBT principles adopt stoicism: the emotional indifference, especially admirable patience and endurance shown in the face of adversity. Our Cognitive Behavioural Therapist Pretoria based has a goal to conduct treatment sessions in a way that promotes the persons self-esteem, dignity, and self-worth while teaching him or her to unlearn problematic behaviour and replace it with more positive and helpful behaviour.
No one would dispute the fact that addictive behaviour is problematic; however, unlearning it is an impossible task since addiction is not a learned response. This emotional trauma directly relates to the addicted persons self-esteem, and for all intent and purposes can be defined as a self-esteem issue.
Self-esteem is defined as having self-respect and confidence in your own merit as an individual person. So, how does one obtain a greater sense of self worth or a high level of self-esteem? Is it a commodity that can be purchased, a fruit that can be plucked from a tree, or a behaviour that can be learned?
Self-esteem can be learned through CBT. You see, possessing confidence and merit as a person is a product of self-love, and that comes from within. CBT principles are based on stoicism which promotes the passive approach of patience and endurance in the face of adversity.
In summary, the primary purpose of CBT is to teach addicted people to modify their problematic behaviour by unlearning and replacing it more helpful behaviour, which will lead to an increase in self-esteem.
If you require a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist Pretoria based, please contact Dr S Pienaar to arrange an appointment by calling 083 631 6499 between 8:30-9:00 or 18:00-18:30, alternatively please send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.