Cognitive-behavior therapy is a popular integrative therapy that combines cognitive therapy (changing self-defeating thinking) with behavior therapy (changing behavior). In lame-mans terms, they can train you to think about things in a new way.
Automatic negative thought is when people think bad thoughts about themselves. With cognitive- behavior therapy they would try to retrain your thoughts.
Chandler's Technique to Quit Smoking
In the clip above Chandler uses an audio tape to help him stop smoking. He smokes because he gets stressed and doesn't think very highly of himself. The tape helps him think more positively and helps him to quit smoking. This is a form of cognitive- behavior therapy because it gets him to change his self defeating thinking and to change his behavior.
* Information from book and lecture notes
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