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cognitive therapy
noun
Definition of COGNITIVE THERAPY
: psychotherapy especially for depression that emphasizes the substitution of desirable patterns of thinking for maladaptive or faulty ones
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First Known Use of COGNITIVE THERAPY
1976
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cognitive therapy
noun
Medical Definition of COGNITIVE THERAPY
: psychotherapy especially for depression that emphasizes the substitution of desirable patterns of thinking for maladaptive or faulty ones—compare behavior modification
—cognitive therapist noun
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