ABSTRACT
Cognitive behaviour therapy is effective on its own, and so it should not be necessary to combine it with other approaches. Using cognitive behavioural therapy with drug treatment is usually done when the client is severely depressed, or when drug treatment has not been fully successful in less depressed patients. As they operate on a similar model, they usually combine well with cognitive behaviour therapy. It is claimed that Buddhism contains many elements that are common to cognitive behaviour therapy, and therefore they fit together well. Many family therapies can be combined successfully with cognitive behaviour therapy, especially if like behavioural family therapy and systemic family therapy they have affinities with cognitive behaviour therapy. Cognitive analytical therapy combines some of the elements of cognitive behaviour therapy with an analytical approach. However, again due to the nature of the therapeutic relationship, this may not combine effectively with cognitive behavioural therapy.
