They both use boundaries, empathy, try not to be judgemental, use assumption and both aim to bring about change. They both use therapy to help client overcome issues whether long term or short term
Cognitive therapy focuses on changing maladaptive or erroneous thoughts, such as "I'm fat" at 93 pounds, into more accurate or helpful thoughts, such as "I can fulfill this daunting goal." Christian...
Cognitive therapy focuses on specific problem creating thoughts , while rational -emotive therapy aims at changing the general irrational beliefs in a persons life.
Those who do not have a specific behavioral issue they wish to address and whose goals for therapy are to gain insight into the past may be better served by psychodynamic therapy.