Iyini i-CBT?
Context:Intuthuko kwezobuchwepheshe nayo yavuselela isithakazelo ezicini ezingokwengqondo kanye nokumelwa ngokwengqondo. Isazi sezinzwa saseNgilandi uCharles Sherrington nesazi sokusebenza kwengqondo saseCanada uDonald O. Hebb basebenzisa izindlela zokuhlola ukuze baxhumanise izinto ezingokwengqondo nesakhiwo nokusebenza kobuchopho. Ukwanda kwesayensi yama - computer, i - cybernetics, nobuhlakani bokufakelwa kwaqokomisa ukubaluleka kokuqhathanisa ukucubungula ukwaziswa kubantu nemishini.  Isihloko esithandwayo nesimelelayo kule ndawo ukuchema kwengqondo, noma ukucabanga okungenangqondo. Izazi zokusebenza kwengqondo ( nezazi zezomnotho) ziye zahlukanisa futhi zachaza uhlu olukhulu lokuchema okuvame ukuvela emcabangweni womuntu. Ngokwesibonelo, i- heuristic yokutholakala, ukuthambekela kokukhuluma kakhulu ngokubaluleka kokuthile okwenzeka kalula engqondweni.  Izakhi ze-behaviorism kanye ne-cognitive psychology zahlanganiswa ukuze kwakhiwe ukwelashwa kokuziphatha kokuziphatha, uhlobo lwe-psychotherapy oluguqulwe kusuka kumasu athuthukiswe isazi sokusebenza kwengqondo saseMelika u-Albert Ellis nodokotela wezifo zengqondo waseMelika u-Aaron T. Beck.  Ezingeni elibanzi, isayensi yokuqonda iyibhizinisi elihlanganisa izigaba eziningi ezibandakanya izazi zokusebenza kwengqondo, izazi zesayensi yezinzwa, izazi zezilimi, kanye nabacwaningi kwezobuhlakani bokufakelwa, ukusebenzisana komuntu nekhompyutha, kanye nesayensi yezinzwa. Isifundo sesayensi yokuqonda sihlanganisa i-cognitive psychology kanye nefilosofi yengqondo, isayensi yamakhompyutha, kanye nesayensi yezinzwa. Ngezinye izikhathi kusetshenziswa ukulingiswa kwamakhompyutha ukuze kwenziwe imodeli yezinto ezithakazelisayo.
I-cognitive behavioral therapy (i-CBT) iyindlela yokwelashwa ngokwengqondo esebenza kahle kakhulu ekwelapheni ukukhathazeka, ukusebenzisa kabi izidakamizwa, ukuphazamiseka kokudla nezinye izifo eziningi zempilo yengqondo.