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What is ICBT ?

Inference-based Cognitive-Behavior Therapy (I-CBT) is an evidence-based treatment that is based on the central idea that obsessions are abnormal doubts about what “could be”, or “might be” (e.g. “I might have left the stove on”; “I might be contaminated”; “I might be a deviant”).

According to this approach, obsessional doubts do not come out of the blue, but they arise as the result of a dysfunctional reasoning narrative that is characterized by a tendency to distrust the senses and an over-reliance on the imagination.

As a result, obsessional doubts are able to persist without ever being resolved by carrying out compulsions.

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What is I-CBT by Dr Frederick Aardema

I-CBT is a cognitive-behavioral treatment (CBT), but it is different from standard cognitive-behavioral approaches to the treatment of OCD.

Standard CBT is based on the idea that obsessions find their origin in random intrusive cognitions, which develop into obsessions depending on how the person interprets them.

For example, a person with a random intrusive thought about harming someone will develop obsessions only if these thoughts are negatively interpreted. Consequently, standard CBT is focused on helping clients to no longer mis-appraise or negatively react to these thoughts. It does not really address the initials thoughts preceding the appraisal.

I-CBT takes a different approach. While intrusive thoughts are normal, and they occasionally occur to everyone, obsessions are not viewed as originating from random intrusive thoughts. Instead, I-CBT views obsessions are as inferences or doubts that come about due to prior reasoning.

Obsessional doubts are problematic from the get-go, regardless of whether they appraised negatively after the fact.

For more info go to : https://icbt.online/what-is-icbt/