Towards the Fourth Wave in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: A Proposal for an Integrated Method: Multiple Access Psychotherapy (MAP).

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) encompasses several approaches to psychotherapy that use a variety of therapeutic techniques, all united by a focus on meaning structures and information processing. The aim of this article is to propose an integrated and comprehensive model, Multiple Access Psychotherapy (MAP). It is based on several different theoretical models and clinical lines of intervention, respects the rigor of the scientific method, and follows the open and constantly evolving framework of the cognitive behavioral model. After a brief excursus on the history and development of CBT and a description of some new treatment approaches, we present a method that combines several approaches and takes into account the unique and particular way in which patients suffer. The MAP model is based on the idea that the therapist should receive the patient as they present themselves, as they make sense of things and as they look for ways to get better. Because cognitivism offers so many approaches that have been shown to be effective, the therapist does not have to choose between them in advance, but can make any of them available to the patient as needed. Our current knowledge allows us to do this effectively based on the evidence we have gathered over the years. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]