What is AFFIRMATION? definition of AFFIRMATION (Psychology Dictionary) (original) (raw)

noun. With regard to various contexts of therapy, specifically CBT, a brief phrase which is spoken again and again by a patient in effort to plant seeds of happy and positive notions, conceptions, and attitudes into one's psyche.

Cite this page: N., Sam M.S., "AFFIRMATION," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 7, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/affirmation/ (accessed June 17, 2026).