CBT

Question 1

What are CBT philosophies?

Answer 1

• Incorporate faulty thinking, leads to emotional & behavioural disturbances
• Cognitions determine how we feel & act
• Oriented toward cognition & behaviour, stresses role of thinking, deciding, questioning, doing & redeciding
• Psychoeducational model: emphasise therapy as learning process & acquiring effective ways of coping w/ problems

Question 2

What are CBT key concepts?

Answer 2

• Psychological problems rooted in childhood, but reinforced by present ways of thinking
• Belief system & thinking causes disorders
• Internal dialogue affects behaviour
• Examine faulty assumptions & misconceptions and replace w/ effective beliefs

Question 3

What are CBT goals?

Answer 3

• Teach clients to confront faulty beliefs w/ contradictory evidence they gather & evaluate
• Become aware of automatic thoughts & change them
• Assist clients in identifying inner strengths & explore life they would like to have

Question 4

What is the CBT therapeutic relationship like? (Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy)

Answer 4

• Therapist as teacher, client as student
• Highly directive & teaches clients ABC model of changing cognitions

Question 5

What is the CBT therapeutic relationship like? (Cognitive Therapy)

Answer 5

collaborative relationship

Question 6

What is the CBT therapeutic relationship like? (Socratic Dialogue)

Answer 6

• Help clients identify dysfunctional beliefs & discover alternative rules for living
• Promote corrective experiences that lead to learning new skills
• Clients gain insight into problems and actively practice changing self-defeating thinking & acting

Question 7

What are CBT techniques?

Answer 7

• Various cognitive, emotive & behavioural techniques; tailored to clients
• Active, directive, time-limited, present-centered, psychoeducational, structured therapy

Some techniques:
- engage in Socratic dialogue/questioning
- debate irrational beliefs
- carry out homework assignments
- gather data on assumptions
- keep record of activities
- form alternative interpretations
- learn new coping skills
- change language & thinking patterns
- role playing