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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Forensic Treatment

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Cognitive behavioral therapies (CBT) are based on the premise that people’s behaviors influence their thoughts, while their thoughts likewise influence their behaviors. Therefore, from a CBT perspective, psychological symptoms can be alleviated by restructuring the problematic thoughts and/or behaviors that underlie the symptoms. Applied to the practice of forensic treatment, CBT involves assessing the client’s functioning in the criminal risk domains associated with reoffending and identifying the criminogenic thinking patterns and lifestyle factors (unhealthy routines, relationships, and habits) that facilitate the client’s antisocial behavior. Once identified, the relevant thinking patterns and lifestyle factors are targeted for change in the context of a collaborative therapeutic alliance. Support for the effectiveness of CBT in forensic treatment has come from meta-analyses indicating its effectiveness in reducing general, sexual, drug-related, and violent recidivism. CBT is utilized in group and individual treatments in community and institutional forensic settings. More recently, attempts have been made to integrate CBT into the practice of community supervision by training probation and parole officers to use CBT techniques in their supervision sessions with their clients. These initiatives have shown promise in improving officer communication skills, focusing supervision sessions on relevant thinking and behavior patterns, and, most importantly, reducing reoffending among clients serving their sentence in the community.

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