Abstract
Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) is a goal-focused, usually short-term therapy that integrates cognitive and behavioral modalities. CBT aims to change unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors and develop more balanced ways of thinking about, and responding to, distressing experiences and situations. As rates of mental health difficulties are high in autistic people, the highly structured, practical, and present-focused CBT approach has been adapted for autistic people, with emerging, but still limited, evidence of effectiveness. This chapter outlines CBT’s theoretical and empirical basis, common strategies and techniques, the modifications/adaptations of CBT for use with autistic adults and a case study illustrating the CBT formulation and intervention with an autistic adult.
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