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cognitive therapy

cog·ni·tive ther·a·py


noun 
Definition:
 
psychiatric treatment by changing way of thinking: a treatment of psychiatric disorders such as anxiety or depression that encourages patients to confront and challenge the distorted way of thinking that characterizes their disorder

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