THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY IN LEGAL PSYCHOLOGY: FAMILY COURTS

Abstract

This article aimed, in a narrative review, in cross-section, to investigate and map the contributions of cognitive behavioral therapy in legal psychology - family courts. As well as, verify the feasibility of applying Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in legal psychology - family courts; to analyze the stages of psychological conduct, facing the demands in legal psychology in family courts; and, observe the technical progress in decision making. A bibliographic procedure (review or survey) was used for the elaboration and development of this work. The subjects analyzed were Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Legal Psychology, Family Courts, Parental Alienation and the main scientific techniques of data collection. The proposed objective was satisfactorily achieved, given the legal psychology as a whole and its main intention, to help the best exercise of law and its commitment to human protagonism in different contexts that it benefits. Everything is an exchange of clarification and knowledge, since it aims to contribute and respond, humanely, to the issue of family and social well-being.