ABSTRACT
Trying something new and different for them self would be receiving cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) as a client instead of delivering it as a therapist. Padesky points out that a final process that enhances the competency of cognitive therapists is participating in cognitive therapy as a client. Patient training and supervising therapist's shows that some patient believe that CBT is something they do to them and is not performed on themselves, cognitive behavioural mechanics fixing others problems but not their own. This attitude is unfortunate as it can lead these therapists to practise CBT without a genuine conviction in it, not appreciate the difficulties their clients have in implementing CBT skills in their everyday lives, and do what is necessary as a competent practitioner but lack the experiential element of using it on them. Furthermore, if some of these therapists do eventually go for personal therapy they are likely to choose a different approach such as psychodynamic therapy.
