Cognitive behavioral therapy can be thought of as a combination of psychotherapy and behavioral therapy. Psychotherapy emphasizes the importance of the personal meaning we place on things and how thinking patterns begin in childhood.
Bankruptcy will ruin your credit for some time to come. A Chapter 7 bankruptcy can remain on your credit report for up to 10 years. Although a bankruptcy stays on your record for years, the time to complete the bankruptcy process under Chapter 7, from filing to relief from debt, takes only about 3-6 months. If you decide against Chapter 7 when it may be the right decision for you, your missed debt payments, defaults, repossessions, and lawsuits will also hurt your credit, and may be more complicated to explain to a future lender than bankruptcy.
According to Experian, some types of delinquent accounts, such as unpaid tax liens, can stay on your report for as long as 10 years. Bankruptcy usually results in the most dramatic hit to your credit score because each account associated with a bankruptcy also impacts your credit score. However, you can recover from bankruptcy, even though it stays on your credit report for seven to 10 years. Through discipline and patience, your past credit mistakes will eventually drop from your credit report â as long as you can show that youâve learned from your past.