* marital problems and sexual difficulties
* psychosomatic problems
* anxiety
* depression
* problems of criminals and delinquents
Individuals who are most effectively treated with forms of cognitive therapy tend to have one or more of these personal characteristics:
* They tend to think in very rigid ways.
* They are inclined to think in all-black, or all-white terms. They are absolutists who think in terms of what is right and what is wrong. Life, for them, is an uncompromising affair.
* They are often perfectionists about themselves, so they tend to have unrealistic expectations of others as well. They are idealistic.