Baby Boomers Guide to Cognitive Behavioral Psychology and Achieving Contentment

22 Sep Baby Boomers Guide to Cognitive Behavioral Psychology and Achieving Contentment

Alleviating Anxiety with Cognitive Behavioral Psychology: False Expectations Appearing Real

Baby Boomers Guide to Cognitive Behavioral Psychology and Achieving Contentment
By Boomeryearbook.com

Cognitive Behavioral Therapeutic (CBT) modalities are documented in psychological articles to be extremely helpful in conquering any number of emotional disorders, the most common of which are phobias, anxieties and depression. While these ‘dis-eases’ can occur at any age, they are frequently an uncomfortable feature of any major life change such as divorce, bereavement, financial difficulty or loneliness experienced by baby boomers.

It is important to understand that when a person is suffering from loneliness or isolation, bereavement, or some other traumatic experience, it does not necessarily follow that they are pathologically anxious or depressed as in its severest form these disorders can be serious, life-threatening conditions. However, when more moderately presented, these conditions can be quite satisfactorily addressed through out-patient, short term, goal focussed cognitive behavioral therapy; rendering the sufferer able to resume a normal and contented life.

‘Cognitive’ describes the thought process of something; ‘behavioral’ suggests acting on the thought process. The examination and discussion of why we consider certain behavior to be an appropriate interpretation of the thoughts we have can be organized into a beneficial and rewarding program of treatment for those who believe their lives to be less than fulfilled. Baby boomers, being famous ‘doers’ and ‘thinkers’, are great supporters of cognitive behavioral psychology, and many boomers enjoy impressive CBT success.

Oftentimes cognitive behavioral therapy simply explores behavioral responses to troubling or uncomfortable life problems such as work related difficulties, divorce and separation, addiction and financial problems, elderly problems associated with phobias and fears, and many of the kinds of difficulties that baby boomers face more and more such as the loss of friends, coping with children moving away, and retirement.

Seeking cognitive behavioral therapy can provide a set of tools to tackle the pain of losing a beloved pet or losing your sexual appetite in later life. It can help you to know yourself and to know how you react to certain situations. Having that knowledge can equip you to deal with emotional problems calmly and with minimal distress to you and to the people around you. Since CBT is typically short term (12 sessions) and yet highly effective, psychological articles tout it as a cost effective, modern, and most professional way to deal with emotional drama for baby boomers.

As cognitive behavioral therapy takes effect, it can sometimes be necessary for more than one emotional event to be experienced before the person is able to ‘detach’ sufficiently and step back from what is happening to assess what is unfolding and deal with it appropriately. And of course everyone is different and reacts to therapy differently.

Applying cognitive behavioral psychology to a given problem can result in a dramatically different solution: each time the problem appears, the person is better able to contain his of her reaction and eventually, there is a remarkably calm and unperturbed approach to difficulties that would previously have sent the same person into an emotional panic.

Naturally, success rests on the client and therapist’s ability to challenge the core irrational thought processes that bring discomfort,

The Psychological Article on Cognitive Behavioral Psychology and Achieving Contentment is part of Boomer Yearbook’s continuing series of baby boomers psychological coaching tips and how to alleviate elderly problems. We believe knowledge is power. We’d love to hear what you think.

Boomer Yearbook is a Social Network and Psychological Articles for Baby Boomers. Connect with old and new friends, or expand your mind and ward off senior moments and elderly problems with dream analysis and online optical illusions and brain games provided by clinical psychologist Dr. Karen Turner. Join other Baby Boomers to stay informed, receive weekly Newsfeeds, and let your opinions be heard. Baby boomers changed the world. We’re not done yet!