•Hospitalized nine times as a child; refused to be miserable about his health
RATIONAL EMOTIVE BEHAVIOR THERAPY (REBT) - correct answer •Assumes that cognitions, emotions,
and behaviors interact and have a reciprocal cause-and-effect relationship
•Is highly didactic and directive
•Teaches that our emotions come from our beliefs/interpretations and cause a reaction
•Based on the premise that we have irrational beliefs
•We behave according to these irrational beliefs
•The irrational beliefs are the root of the problem, not the behaviors themselves
Three basics MUSTS we internalize that inevitably lead to self-defeat: - correct answer 1."I MUST do well
and be loved and approved by others."
2."Other people MUST treat me fairly, kindly, and well."
3."The world and my living conditions MUSTbe comfortable, gratifying, and just, providing me with all
that I want in life."
Goals of REBT - correct answer •Learn to identify the relationship between thoughts, feelings, and
behaviors
•Learn to identify and dispute irrational beliefs maintained by self-indoctrination
•Learn to stop absolutistic thinking, blaming, and repeating false beliefs and replace ineffective ways of
thinking with effective and rational cognitions
COGNITIVE THERAPY - correct answer •Insight-focused therapy with an emphasis on changing negative
thoughts and maladaptive beliefs
•Clients' distorted beliefs are the result of cognitive errors
•Psychological problems are an exaggeration of adaptive responses resulting from cognitive distortions
THEORETICAL ASSUMPTIONS - correct answer •People's internal communication is accessible to
introspection
•Clients' beliefs have highly personal meanings
•These meanings can be discovered by the client rather than being taught or interpreted by the therapist
COGNITIVE THERAPY - correct answer •Through Socratic Dialogue/reflective questioning, clients test the
validity of their cognitions (collaborative empiricism)
•Change results from reevaluating faulty beliefs based on contradictory evidence that clients have
gathered
•Hundreds of studies have confirmed its efficacy for a wide range of psychiatric disorders
COGNITIVE TRIAD - correct answer Pattern that triggers depression:
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