Revista Brasileira de Terapias Cognitivas
Print version ISSN 1808-5687
Abstract
NEUFELD, Carmem Beatriz and AFFONSO, Gabriela. FBTC: a 15 year jorney in favor of cognitive therapies in Brazil. Rev. bras.ter. cogn. [online]. 2013, vol.9, n.2, pp.136-139. ISSN 1808-5687. https://doi.org/10.5935/1808-5687.20130018.
This brief report aims to present the growth of the Brazilian Federation of Cognitive Therapies in the year of its fifteenth anniversary. Some literature data refers to the increase of literature and clinical practice of cognitive therapies, as well as national data on the teaching of cognitive therapies in undergraduate courses in psychology. The data about membership growth of the Federation is presented and discussed. The data indicates further growth of cognitive therapies in the South, Southeast and Northeast. On the other hand, in the North and Midwest regions of Brazil, Cognitive Therapies have achieved modest growth.
Keywords : Brazil; cognitive therapies.