PG Diploma in Sexology and Psychosexual Counseling. For More Info WhatsApp- 9604715783/9359863878. The History of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.  Cognitive-behavioral therapy was invented by a psychiatrist, Aaron Beck, in the 1960s. He was doing psychoanalysis at the time and observed that during his analytical sessions, his patients tended to have an internal dialogue in their minds — almost as if they were talking to themselves. But they would only report a fraction of this thinking to him. For example, in a therapy session, the client might be thinking to themself: "These thoughts might make the client feel slightly anxious or perhaps annoyed.