Cognitiveebehavioral therapy (CBT) is a short- term psychological treatment that focuses on how individuals think, feel, and behave. CBT emphasizes the role of thoughts (cognition) in causing and/or maintaining psychological distress and aims to de- crease distress by replacing inappropriate or malad- aptive negative thoughts with more accurate and adaptive thoughts. CBT also focuses on changing maladaptive behaviors (e.g., avoidance) and increas- ing pleasurable activities. Through CBT, individuals gain a thorough understanding of the relationship between their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, and learn skills to change unhelpful negative cognitions and behaviors to improve quality of life.1Cognitiveebehavioral therapy is based on a scien- tific understanding of human cognition and behavior established by decades of research. CBT brings to- gether Cognitive therapy2,3 (which emphasizesthepiv- otal role of thoughts/cognitions) and Behavioral therapy4 (which stresses the primordial role of behav- iors and behavioral contingencies).