becks cog therapy

Question 1

argues that

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cognitive distortions and maladaptive schema create and maintain depression and other psychological maladies

Question 2

Maladaptive cognitions/beliefs-

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underlying cause psychopathology- following some negative life experience people develop faulty cognitions that give rise to maladaptive behaviors implies that… cognitive schemas are organized and can be brought to surface

Question 3

Automatic thoughts (schema)

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to affect lasting behavior change at the level of cognition must make automatic thoughts that give rise to maladaptive behaviors accessible

Question 4

Types of negative schema

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Negative self schema-negative views of self
Negative interpersonal schemas-negative views of others

Question 5

Focus on the present

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does not matter from where or how the negative schema were acquired matters that they are there

Question 6

Common automatic thoughts-root of depression and maladaptive experiences

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ŸMagnification/minimization, catastrophizing, dichotomous thinking, labeling, shoulds

Question 7

ŸMagnification/minimization

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patient blows up problems to make them larger, patient minimizes successes

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catastrophizing

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make catastrophe out of small bump in road

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dichotomous thinking

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either or thinking, either wholly good or bad no middle ground

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labeling

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assign label to self and assume it fully describes self

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shoulds

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believers should do something without fully thinking about it, and is bad person if does not do should

Question 12

Collaborative empiricism

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to deal with automatic thoughts

Question 13

Create an atmosphere of safety

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therapeutic alliance to observe positive forms of coping and determine which aspects of patient need to be restructures, empathic listening from therapist

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Ÿteach that Distortions are based on unreflective automatic thoughts

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recognize and challenge and modify their distortions, must be educated on own distortions test automatic thoughts against reality

Question 15

use journal

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can learn about events of everyday life and see how those affect patients well being