NACBT President, Aldo Pucci,  and Level-One Certification trainees at the onsite training for Providence Service Corporation in Tucson, Arizona on October 1-3, 2007.

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Finally, the mental health profession is placing an emphasis on evidence-based, best practice psychotherapy.  Does psychotherapy really work?  Is a particular approach to psychotherapy effective in helping people change the way they feel and behave?

Because cognitive-behavioral therapy encourages the development of concrete, specific goals and has specific, testable techniques, it is an approach to counseling and psychotherapy that is easily researched.  It is the most researched psychotherapeutic approach, and, therefore, the most "Evidence-Based".

Mental health professionals who practice cognitive-behavioral therapy tend to be scientific-minded.  They are drawn to pursuing evidence and science.  They want to utilize an approach that has proof that it works.

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