CBT Essentials for Weight Management.
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) was developed by Psychiatrist Dr. Aaron Beck in the 1960s as a conceptual model for Depression. He noticed that the prominent theme for patient who struggled with depression was that they would commonly have a stream of distorted thoughts that fell into three categories: negative thoughts about themselves, the world/experience, or the future. He coined these terms ‘automatic thoughts’ and postulated that they led to negative emotions and dysfunctional behaviour.