Introduction Cognitive therapy (CT) and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) are a type of psychotherapeutic treatment that helps clients better understand and discover their feelings and thoughts that can influence their behaviors. Cognitive therapy aims to treat a wide range of disorders, such as depression, anxiety, addictions and phobias. Cognitive therapy focuses on managing a client's specific problem and is short-term in its therapeutic style. While clients are in therapy, they are guided on how to identify and correct disturbing thought patterns that have a negative influence on their behavior. Brief Description Cognitive therapy was “developed by Aaron T. Beck in the late 1960s” (Murdock, 2013, p. 314). Before Aaron T. Beck there were Pavlov, Skinner, Watson and Eysenck. “These therapists were among those who first developed cognitive behavioral therapy as a valid form of treatment” (Sarah, 2013). The term “Cognitive Therapy is often used as an umbrella label for a number of systems that emphasize the role of cognition in dysfunction and intervention” and may be interchangeable with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (Murdock, 2013, p. 314) . CT is an approach a counselor can use to help a client change dysfunctional behaviors and thoughts into realistic, healthy behaviors. CT includes several types of therapeutic techniques that focus on the impact of a client's thinking. Other models include Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT), to name a few. One thing these branches of therapy have in common is that the individual's thoughts are tied to external behaviors and feelings. What causes negative behaviors, feelings, or thoughts is the perception… halfway through the article… of this research was that Mexican-American women showed a “positive attitude toward the CBT-GSH program and a desire to do it” . engage in it” (Shea, Cachelink, Uribe, Stiegel, Thompson, 2012). Conclusion In conclusion, CT is generally a short-term, goal-oriented approach in structure and collaboration between counselor and client. The main goal of CT is to teach the client through a variety of tools to become their own counselor or therapist. In essence, the counselor provides the client with the tools necessary to change his or her negative thoughts and behaviors. The tools used in this theory are unique. The tools consist of homework, guided discovery, relaxation and exposure to problems, then response. Through multiple researches with different races, ages, genders, sexual orientations, CT has been proven to lead to success for a healthier mental and physical life.