1.4.2 apply Cognitive approach to CBT

Question 1

How did Beck suggest abnormal behaviours like depression are caused

Answer 1

Caused by faulty internal processing in the computer analyogy

Question 2

What underlies the principles of CBT

Answer 2

The assumption that internal processes, such as perception, impact on our behaviour

Question 3

What is the role of the therapist in CBT

Answer 3

to help the client change their perceptions of the world around them, as these are causing their illness

Question 4

What would a depressed person have

Answer 4

• A negative traid
• Where they have faulty processing about themselves (negative self schema), the world (inability to cope with daily tasks) and the future

Question 5

What does CBT aim to do

Answer 5

Counteract faulty processing by challenging thought processes associated with abnormal behaviour

Question 6

What does CBT help to do

Answer 6

Restructure schemas that have been categorised incorrectly

Question 7

Give an example of what CBT does

Answer 7

• Cognitive restructuring challenges the distorted thoughts of a depressed person by asking for evidence that their thoughts are correct
• Client: ‘no one likes me’ , therapist: ‘what evidence do you have for this, why do you care’