Which therapeutic approach emphasizes that people are often disturbed because of their negative interpretations of events?

a) client-centered therapy
b) systematic desensitization
c) cognitive therapy
d) light exposure therapy

The answer is: C) cognitive therapy

The emotion that we felt for a certain situation is heavily influenced by the way we perceive the situation. Two people who experience the same exact situation might have incompletely different response because of it.

For example, let's say that two people experience a failure when opening new businesses. One of them might perceive it as a learning experience so he/she can try again and avoid the same mistakes. The other people on the other hand might perceive themselves as complete failures who shall never manage another business.

Cognitive therapy is aimed to treat psychological disorder simply by changing the patient' perception toward the occurrence that happen in their life.

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