Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Basic Philosophy - correct answer Individuals tend to incorporate faulty
thinking, which leads to emotional and behavioral disturbances.
Cognitions are the major determinants of how we feel and act. Therapy is primarily oriented toward
cognition
and behavior, and it stresses the role of thinking, deciding, questioning, doing, and redeciding. This is a
psychoeducational model, which emphasizes therapy as a learning process, including acquiring and
practicing
new skills, learning new ways of thinking, and acquiring more effective ways of coping with problems.
Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Key Concepts - correct answer Although psychological problems may be
rooted in childhood, they are reinforced by present
ways of thinking. A person's belief system and thinking is the primary cause of disorders. Internal
dialogue plays a central role in one's behavior. Clients focus on examining faulty assumptions and
misconceptions and on replacing these with effective beliefs.
Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Goals - correct answer To teach clients to confront faulty beliefs with
contradictory evidence that they gather and evaluate.
To help clients seek out their faulty beliefs and minimize them. To become aware of automatic
thoughts and to change them. To assist clients in identifying their inner strengths, and to explore the
kind of life they would like to have.
Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Therapeutic Relationship - correct answer In REBT the therapist functions as
a teacher and the client as a student. The therapist is highly
directive and teaches clients an A-B-C model of changing their cognitions. In CT the focus is on
a collaborative relationship. Using a Socratic dialogue, the therapist assists clients in identifying
dysfunctional beliefs and discovering alternative rules for living. The therapist promotes corrective
experiences that lead to learning new skills. Clients gain insight into their problems and then
must actively practice changing self-defeating thinking and acting. In strengths-based CBT, active
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