CBT and Existential Therapy: A Comparative Analysis

CBT and existential therapy

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
CBT and its significance........................................................................................................3
CBT concept...........................................................................................................................3
Existential therapy..................................................................................................................4
Concept of Existential therapy...............................................................................................4
Three waves of CBT...............................................................................................................5
Pros and Cons of CBT and existential therapy.......................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) refers to a talking therapy that provides helps in
managing problems through changing the perspective to think or behave. This is effective in the
treatment of anxiety and depression and related mental health issues. It also can be effective in
some physical health problems. There is a need to use this therapy which can be effective and
allow to provide better help to influence them to live effectively without any mental health-
related issues. Existential psychotherapy refers to a style of therapy that can emphasize the
human condition as a whole. It also includes the positive approach which applauds individual
capacity along with aspirations through acknowledging individual limitation. This also provides
help and support in some of the cases of mental health. It is highly effective in treating issues of
existence to any individual which includes terminal illness, case of suicide and those who are
going through the transition within their life. Both approaches are effective and allow to provide
better care and support in dealing with mental health-related issues. In this, there is a discussion
about Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and existential therapy. It also includes the pros and cons of
both approaches (Tannenbaum et. al., (2020)).
MAIN BODY
CBT and its significance
According to McIntyre (2019), cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) may be defined as the
form of psychological treatment which is effective and helps to demonstrate the effective range
of some problems which are associated with mental health. There are some mental health-related
problems and conditions in which CBT can be effective. This may include anger problems,
bipolar disorder, drug or alcohol problems, eating disorders, hoarding, obsessive-compulsive
disorder (OCD) and others. CBT is based on the idea of thinking which is also known as
cognition, emotion and behavior which is the response of cognition and emotion. There are some
of the thoughts like unrealistic and negative through which can lead to cause distress and lead to
problems (McIntyre et. al., (2019)).
CBT concept
CBT works on the concept of individual feeling, thoughts, physical sensations and their
action which are interconnected along with some negative thoughts and feelings that can trap an