CBT

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What is CBT?

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an action-oriented form of psychosocial therapy that assumes that maladaptive, or faulty thinking patterns cause maladaptive behavior (behavior that is counterproductive or interferes and “negative” emotions

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self-knowledge is

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insight or the awareness of your personal strengths and limitations

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online awareness is

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metacognition- the ability to accurately judge task demands; to appropriately anticipate problems and to change and adapt performance based on feedback

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Metacognition techniques include:

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1. self instruction
2. self-estimation
3. role reversal
4. self-questioning
5. self-evaluation

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Goals should be

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OBSERVABLE and MEASURABLE ex: self-esteem, mood

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Classical conditioning

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automatic association ex: chocolate–>mouth waters –> pleasant taste

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Operant conditioning

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behavior reinforced will be repeated, behavior that is ignored becomes extinct

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Shaping

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Therapist provides reinforcement of each step of a task until steps are learned

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Chaining

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steps rehearsed in a specific order until task is learned (habit is formed)

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Positive Reinforcement

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a pleasant stimulus to reward behavior. Associate pleasant outcome with desired outcome

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Negative Reinforcement

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Removing an unpleasant stimulus from the environment or removing self from environment where unpleasant stimulus exists

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Positive punishment

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introducing an unpleasant stimulus: shock, spanking, speeding ticket

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Negative punishment

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removing pleasant stimulus from the environment: taking away or privilege

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Vicarious

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learned images of success or failure, values, ideals

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Self-Produced

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Having a sense of competency, efficacy, and self-control (feeling proud without buts) **this is the highest form

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automatic thoughts

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everything we think

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cognitive distortion

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when automatic thoughts are based on erroneous core beliefs and lead to irrational behavior

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mental filtering

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dwelling on a single negative detail and ignoring the positive things that may occur

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disqualifying the positive

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rejecting the positive experiences–“they don’t count. Maintain a negative view despite the contradictory evidence

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catastrophizing

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believing the worst scenario will happen

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magnifying or minimizing

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exaggerating the importance of certain things and minimizing other things such as your own desirable qualities or others imprefections

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overgeneralization

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use of absolute words such as “all”, “always” or “never”

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Self-labeling

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similar to overgeneralization but more specific to the person

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mind reading

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assuming we know what people are thinking about us

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fortune telling

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assume you can predict the future

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emotional reasoning

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assuming that the way you feel are the way things really are

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shoulding

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criticizing yourself by concentrating on all the things that you should be doing instead of what you are doing in the present

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personalization

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taking blame for outcomes beyond your control- belief that you should be perfect and disregard for facts

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all or none

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if something is less than perfect, it is viewed as a total failure

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ABC’s of thoughts

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A=activating or triggering situation
B=Beliefs
C= Consequence

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The first step in cognitive restructuring in CBT is:

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1. Increase Awareness of maladaptive thought patterns
   a. use journaling or charting to get baselines
   b. look for prevalent patterns
   c. EDUCATE/ demonstrate how these influence perspective on performance, task, self-esteem, etc.

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The second step in cognitive restructuring is:

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2. provide validity (reality) testing to dispute negative thought
   a. when negative thought is observed, provide a challenge to counter the though
   b. keep examples to use, help them LEARN to explore own behavior for information to challenge the negative thought

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The third step in cognitive restructuring is:

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3. Rebuild cognition
   a. interject a positive “true” statement when negative thoughts arise
   b. provide opportunity for cognitive rehearsal of steps 1, 2, and 3.

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Step 4 in cognitive restructuring is:

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Modifying the behavior

a. rehearsal: new behavior can be tested or improved

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Role playing is used to:

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a. Define the problem
b. Assume the role
c. enact the part
d. Discuss: feelings thoughts, improvements

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When should the therapist use CBT?

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a. individual has an inability to process information efficiently
b. When there is pervasive faulty thinking
c. when there is an inaccurate self perception
d. When there is an inability to adapt to the environment
e. When there is an inability to handle individual affairs

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What types of clients may benefit from CBT?

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• affective mood disorders
• personality disorders
• social phobia
• obsessive-compulsive disorder
• eating disorders
• substance abuse
• anxiety or panic disorder, agoraphobia
• PTSD
• ADHD
• chronic pain
• sleep disorders

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What is the role of the therapist in CBT?

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Directive

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What are the Cole’s steps used?

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1. introduction
2. activity- educational component
3. sharing
4. processing: feelings that may interfere with group learning
5. generalizing
6. application- heavily emphasized through use of MODELING and ROLE PLAY in the FOR
7. Summary