Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for children and adults - Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) combines two powerful types of psychotherapy - cognitive therapy and behavior therapy. Cognitive therapy teaches people how to change faulty thinking patterns that are causing emotional symptoms. It helps clients see how distortions in their picture of what's going on in their life can make them feel anxious, depressed or angry for no good reason. Behavior therapy helps people modify the connections between problematic situations and their habitual reactions to them. Clients learn to "replace" maladaptive behaviors (e.g., self-defeating or self-damaging behavior) with more efficient and functional behaviors. Behavior therapy also teaches people how to calm their mind and body, so they can feel better, think more clearly, and make better decisions. When combined, behavior therapy and cognitive therapy provide individuals with very powerful tools for stopping problematic symptoms and getting one's life on a more productive and satisfying path.