The major benefits of cognitive behavioral therapy are increasing your quality of life and your ability to recognize the need for medical help and receive treatment. In a person who receives treatment with cognitive behavioral therapy, the reduction in episodes of self-harm becomes another advantage. There is an increasing improvement in social skills. The person improves functioning in unfamiliar situations. Cognitive behavioral therapy improves emotional expressions and decreases people's outbursts of anger. Other benefits of cognitive behavioral therapy include reversing negative thought patterns and feelings, setting goals to replace negative behavior patterns with positive ones, and learning new ways to strengthen self-help techniques. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps improve performance at school, at home, in social situations and increase