CBSST

In CBSST, cognitive interventions are used to address symptoms and challenge defeatist beliefs that interfere with real-world skills execution, including expectancies ("It won't be fun"), self-efficacy beliefs ("I always fail"), and anomalous beliefs ("Spirits will harm me") that interfere with skill performance, despite intact skill capacity. By challenging defeatist performance beliefs, consumers are more likely to engage in functional behaviors and use the skills they have. Adding CBT to SST, therefore, provides an opportunity to address thoughts that interfere with skill performance in the real world. Importantly, the cognitive interventions in CBSST are cognitive coping skills interventions that focus on practicing simple steps for belief modification (e.g., the 3C's-Catch It, Check It, Change It-thought challenging skill described below) that are compatible with a skills practice approaches like SST. We have conducted randomized controlled trials comparing CBSST with treatment as..

Also known as: Cognitive Behavioral Social Skills Training