>>12638222It's not really so much a CBT-specific thing, but instead more of a thing that's got to do with having hope and relying on things.
It's always necessary to acknowledge that things in the universe happen not because God and the forces of nature conspire against or for a certain person, but rather that nature simply is as it is, and that people always have certain power to make decisions that affect their environment.
It's not really necessary to place one's hopes on psychotherapy. It could also be on religion, an ideology, on a certain great ideal, or even on a certain interest one might hold very tightly onto.
They're not really the same thing, but it's always important for people to believe that, even if they can't do literally anything, that there isn't only one way that they should feel forced do stuff, and also that what they do isn't just mechanical repetition, but rather that they are doing it for the sake of something, and that what they do is somehow good (noble, virtuous, glorious).
All of these things only last for as long as one believes them.
