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Cbt Vs Contextual Therapy

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Out of these three approaches, I like contextual therapy the best. I especially like contextual therapy better than CBT because the idea of teaching skills over reframing fear and beliefs seems better to me.
Contextual Therapy is broken in three phases. First phase focuses on safety, second phase focuses on addressing the trauma and third focusing on reconnection and integration. It is important to build a solid foundation, Phase one, with the client before trauma is addressed. The foundation includes skills and education needed to cope with stressful situations if they occur, such as talking about them in therapy. Contextual therapy does not focus on traumatic events as that leads to distress and not improvement. In therapy, clients guide
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