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Deconstructing the process of change in cognitive behavioral therapy: An alternative approach focusing on the episodic retrieval mode

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 June 2015

Angelica Staniloiu  and
Ari E. Zaretsky
Angelica Staniloiu
Affiliation:
Physiological Psychology, University of Bielefeld, 33739 Bielefeld, Germany. astaniloiu@uni-bielefeld.de http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/psychologie/ae/AE14 Hanse Institute for Advanced Study, 27753 Delmenhorst, Germany
Ari E. Zaretsky
Affiliation:
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M4N 3M5, Canada. ari.zaretsky@sunnybrook.ca http://www.psychiatry.utoronto.ca/people/dr-ari-zaretsky/
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Abstract

Lane et al. view the process of memory reconsolidation as a main ingredient of psychotherapeutic change. They ascertain that in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) high priority is given to the “semantic structure.” We argue that memory-related mechanisms of change in CBT are more nuanced than the target article presents. Furthermore, we propose to partially shift the focus from the process of reconsolidation to the retrieval operations.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 38 , 2015 , e26
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