Abstract
The present study reports the development of the cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) program for a child with anxiety symptoms, and the results of the CBT intervention. The purpose of the CBT program was to improve anxiety symptoms by restructuring the child's cognitive errors. The CBT program had 8 sessions: 1) education about psychological problems, 2) descriptions of the emotions, 3) introduction of the cognitions, 4) 5) cognitive restructing, 6) listing of anxiety situations, and 7)8) exposure. The characteristics of the CBT program were relating assessment to the intervention based on the measurement and improvement of the child's cognitive errors. The patient was a 14 year-old boy with anxiety symptoms. The result of the CBT program was that the child's anxiety symptoms and cognitive errors improved not only at the end of the CBT program but also at the 1 and 2 month follow-ups. It should be noted that the improvement of the child's cognitive errors preceded the improvement of the anxiety symptoms. Therefore, it was suggested that the anxious child's cognitions affect anxiety symptoms and modifications of cognitions are necessary for the improvement of anxiety symptoms.
