So it is not just the event that determines emotion: there must be something else. CBT says that the ‘something else’ is cognition, i.e. the interpretations people make of the event. When two people react differently to an event it is because they are seeing it differently, and when one person reacts in what seems to be an unusual way, it is because he has unusual thoughts or beliefs about the event.

CBT is to oppose rigid cognitions with the purpose of creating increased flexibility through conscious intention (Beck, 1975; Ellis, 1962). CBT is driven largely by real life experiments that provide structured opportunities to test new thoughts and behaviours (Hayes et al., 1999). It has allowed us to scientifically measure and track performance. …show more content…
Rush, Beck, Kovacs & Hollon, 1977), fuelled the revolution. Over the succeeding years, BT and CT grew together and influenced each other to such an extent that the resulting amalgam is now most commonly known as cognitive behaviour therapy – CBT.

Change Theory, primarily developed in the 1990s, explains a similar shift in thinking process by outlining causal links in a coachees initiative. This could include distal or proximal outcomes. The acknowledged changes are mapped as showing each outcome in a rational relationship to all the others, as well as chronological flow. The links between outcomes are explained by rationales of why one outcome is thought to be a prerequisite for another. This Theory of Change, similar to CBT, lies in understanding the distinction between desired and concrete outcomes.

Change Theory is a forecast that shows what conditions must exist for other conditions to come into being. It is forward looking and logical, assuming the way we think is logically –that is, if this occurs then naturally, that will occur. The linear format of Change theory, and not CBT, is therefore appropriate. The benefit of CBT as a more cyclical scheme in which theory leads to action, would work well as a parallel