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Glossary

• CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy): A form of talking therapy that can help you manage your problems by changing the way you think and behave. It’s most
• commonly used to treat anxiety and depression, but also can be useful for other mental and physical health problems.
• Therapist: A person who is signed into the application, and uses it to help give treatment to their patients.
• Patient: A person who is signed into the application, and uses it to receive treatment from their therapist.
• Guest: A person who is not signed into the application, and instead uses the basic functionality of the app, since they don’t have a Therapist.
• Report: A form consisting of event (what happened?), emotion (how did you feel?), thoughts (what did you think?), response (how do you respond?) which is the main part of the application.
• Automatic Thought: A negative thought that happens during an event that usually disappears afterwards and cannot be addressed during the therapy session.
• Automatic Thought Response: A negative thought that happens during an event that usually disappears afterwards, doesn’t disappear and is instead addressed during the therapy session.
• Paper form: A form consisting of event (what happened?), emotion (how did you feel?), thoughts (what did you think?), response (how do you respond?) which is the main part of the therapy currently.
• Module: An assignment which the Patient can do. A Therapist can unlock modules for the Patient depending on their progress.