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Cognitive behavioral therapyCognitive behavioural therapy - correct answer -type of psycotherapy, that changes unhealthy thinking
habits feelings and behaviours its a short term approach aimed at psycological behaviours to help
learn/relearn behaviours
-orignates from the behavioural approach and cognitive psychology
- CBT is a well established treatment for depression panic disorder anixety phobias PTSD, OCD eating
disorders.
Behavioural therapy - correct answer -focuses on observable ptoblems,
-the idea that humans behave in a certain way due to reacting to stimuli from the environment
-encourages humans to change behaviour rathr than focus on cognitions through learning fails to
incoporate biological and mental processes.
Cogitive therapy/psychology - correct answer Cognitive resolution maintained behavioural principles but
interpreted mental and biological processes into therapy largely influenced by beck 1963 ellis 1955 and
meichenhatim 1977
-beck created cbt emphasised that it is a collabrtation between the client and the therapist.
Cognitive principles - correct answer -peoples emotions reactions and behaviours are strongly influenced
by cognitions
-cognitions are thoughts beliefs interpretations perceptions and thoughts on self that have meaning
attach to them
-humans have a capacity to respond to different circumstances we have an ability to bring cognitions to
concious this happens automatically threat responses occur creating different reactions as a responds to
evolution we behave in certain way to survive.
-different cognitions give rise to different emotions
-by helping people change cognitions you can help them change the way they feel.
-cbt argues that people are disturbed not by things but by the views which they take on them, it is not
the event but our attitudes and beliefs that causes an emotional reaction.
,Behavioural principles - correct answer -behaviour can maintain or change thoughts and emotions
-mental health problems can happen to anyone - they are influenced by environmental stressors and
pschological problems.
-here and now principle- both CBT and BT are foucsed in the present, what are the present symptoms
'what is happening now what is maintaining the problem rather than what lead to its development.
Interacting system - correct answer Problems are conceptualised they are made up of an interacting
system of thoughts physiology emotions and behaviours which influence each other.
Feature of CBT - correct answer -based on a cognitive formulation
-focuses on clients difficulties
-focused on clients different cognitions - which differ in content/process.
Collaborative - correct answer -CBT is a collaboratie approach
-client therapist work together- they share expertise curiosity within the relationship, questions,. Clients
are the expert of their own cognitions CBT therapist share perception with clients they describe the
formulation with clients CBT is structured time liited and brief it involves active engagement.
Empirical in its approach - correct answer CBT is up to date with research evidece develops an
exploratory attitude in the client uses hypothesis collects data questions the clients cognitions and
evaluates their beliefs problem oriented guided discory approach.
ABC Theory - correct answer -is made up of four emotional reaction that effects peoples cognitions after
an event, these are irrational thoughts upsetting emotional concequences disputing of irrational ideas
new emotion concequence or effect.
Progressive approach - correct answer -cbt is a progressive approach always selective to change through
expanding applications attention to emotion changing theraputic relationships,
-broad movement= incoporates many approaces such as behavioural theray, emotive behavioural
therapy, cognitive therapy, schema focused therapy, mindfulness based cognitive therapy acceptance
and commitment therapy.
CBT requires an active direct highly cognitive approach it dosnt encourage positive thinking but rational
thinking
, Albert Ellis - correct answer - first cognitive therapist
-emerged in the 1950's
-trained in psychoanalysis
-believed thinking was effect by behaviours and feelings, believed that their was an association between
thoughtsfeelings behaviours and cognitions if you change your philosophy of life you can change your life
and behavioural problems.
Basic Assumption REBT - correct answer -people contribute to their own problems as well as to specific
symptoms by the way they interpret events and situation
'People dont just get upset they contribute to the upsetness' Albert Ellis.
-REBT focuses on the idea that we have rational and irrational thoughts.
- irrationl and rational thoughts are influenced by culture family experience- this can change our
thoughts which effect the way we respond to environmental stimuli and stressors.
-we learn and invent disturbing beliefs and keep ourself disturbed by self talk.
If you accept self talk it can change our cognitions emotive behavioural processes suggesting people
have the capacity to change thoughts and behaviurs through being taught strateies to deal with thoughts
and behaviour.
Rational thoughts - correct answer Self constructed thinking
Irrational thoughts - correct answer Self defeating thinking.
Humans and Thoughts - correct answer The main reasons we over or underreact to adversities is that we
have some dogmatic, irrational, unexamined beliefs for example being rejected by a lve, you become an
emotional mess, created by your own beliefs or phulosophys such as i will never be loved by someone
again im worthless because they rejected me.
-humans have a general tendency to turn desire and prefernces into demands for example we dont need
to be accepted or loved in reality but we feel like we do.
Types of irrational beliefs - correct answer -interference= persons interpretations of events people will
think this about me,...
-demands= must/should thoughts other people should approve of me
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