What's the difference in Cognitive Therapy and basic Counseling with a Counselor?

Question

I am currently getting counseling with a general counselor for Panic Disorder. I am on Lexapro and Xanax, which i am reducing my dosage of (xanax only) to see how i do on just the lexapro. I am hearing more about Cognitive Therapy and am wondering what the difference really is. I am alot better since my panic attacks began in April, but am worried about coming off my meds. Any advice on the cognitive therapy?

Answer 1

Cognitive behavioral therapy is very good for changing your reactions to things and behaviors associated with your anxiety, where I feel that just talking to a counselor is trying to figure out the root of the anxiety itself.  I prefer C.B.Therapy.  

Answer 2

Cognition is a fancy word for thinking.

What we think "impacts" our emotions. Cognitive Therapy is a way to "think" through a problem, such as panic situations, not so much by flooding but by discussing triggers that lead up to the "feeling" anxious.

Anxiety can be triggered by certain situations or presenting conditions.