🔼: [[💡 Therapy]] ##### Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) CBT is a "top-down" therapy modality used to treat multiple [[🔑 Psychiatric diagnoses are almost useless|diagnoses]]. According to CBT, moods are created by anxious and depressive thoughts; thoughts create emotions; emotions create symptoms; symptoms create more thoughts that are always full of [[💡 Cognitive Distortions]] and a [[💡 Vicious Cycle]] begins. But we can influence our thoughts and stop the cycle using CBT. ![[🔑 Most therapy modalities are Protector trainings]]