ABSTRACT
There comes a point in the session when the therapist and the client need to agree on a solution to the client's problem. Whether or not the therapist decides to work with the client's problem, it is important for them both to know what they are aiming for – i.e. what is the client's goal. The goal represents the object of the client's ambition or effort, an aim or desired result. Cognitive solutions are those that involve the client changing some aspect of their thinking about salient aspects of the problem. There are a number of different types of cognitive solution: attitudinal change, inferential change and reframe. Cognitive behaviour therapy is based on the idea that when the person makes a cognitive change, whenever possible, they should make a complementary behavioural change so that the two types of change work together and reinforce one another.
