In this article, the authors seek to summarize the core mechanisms of cognitive behavioral
therapies (CBTs). Core mechanisms of CBT include the specific psychological factors
responsible for symptom improvement with therapy. The authors do not discuss nonspecific
factors that can also be therapeutic, such as expectancy, credibility, and therapeutic alliance.
1 In addition, they do not cover neural mechanisms of change in this article. It is difficult to
separate psychological and neural mechanisms because they may measure the same�…