Why Cbt Should Be Structured

As was mentioned in the first response, one of the characteristics of cognitive behavioral approach is that therapy should be clearly structured. I will describe how a CBT session should be structured.
First, the therapist and the client must work together to outline the therapy goals, and the change goals must be valuable for the patient, he/she must be sure that the effort, time, and money, will be worth it. All this means that the patient must be motivated, that is the first step!
In a Cognitive/Cognitive behavioral therapy session, first the patient has to know what to expect, and the patient previously should have agreed to the goals of the therapy. The therapist should check the mood before starting with the session, as well as figure