Cognitive-Behavior Therapy Flashcards
What was the first of the Cognitive Behavior Therapies?
REBT
Goal is,..?
teaching clients that while they cannot control everything, they can control how they react and deal with their environment
What CB therapy says that clients contribute to their problems by their own rigid beliefs?
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy
Goal is to identify ____________ held by the client that guide our life
general underlying irrational beliefs (musts, shoulds)
Of what therapy is this the general hypothesis:
“our emotions stem mainly from our beliefs, which influence the evaluations and interpretations we make of the reactions we have to life situations” ?
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy
Who started REBT?
Albert Ellis
Who started Cognitive Therapy?
Aaron Beck
Who started Cognitive Behavior Modification?
Meichenbaum
T/F: All cognitive behavior therapies are present-centered and time-limited.
True.
T/F: All cognitive behavior therapists takes an indirective stance.
False. They take an active and directive stance.
All cognitive behavior therapies employ an ______ treatment, focusing on ______ & ______ target problems.
educational;
specific & structured
The basis hypothesis of REBT is that our emotions stem mainly from _______
our beliefs, which influence the evaluations and interpretations we make of the reactions we have to life situations
The focus of REBT is working with _____ & _____, rather than primarily expressing _____.
thinking & acting
feelings
_____ & _____ reinforce our self-defeating beliefs
autosuggestion & self-repetition
Ellis insists that _____ is at the core of most emotional disturbances.
blame
What are the components of the ABC Model?
activating event (A) –> beliefs (B) –> consequences (C) –> disputing (D) inaccurate beliefs –> new event (E)
What are the steps to philosophical restructuring of REBT?
- acknowledging that we are responsible for creating our emotional problems.
- accept that we have the ability to change these disturbances significantly
- recognizing that our emotional problems stem from irrational beliefs
- clearly perceiving these beliefs
- seeing the value in disputing self-defeating beliefs.
- accepting that if we expect to change we had better work hard in emotive and behavioral ways to counteract our beliefs and dysfunctional feelings and actions that follow.
- understanding rational alternatives
- practicing REBT methods of uprooting or changing disturbed consequences and practicing their healthy alternatives for the rest of our lives
T/F: In REBT, a warm relationship between therapist and client is required.
False. Too much warmth and understanding can be counterproductive and foster a sense of dependence.
Using the technique of _____, clients are asked to vividly imagine one of the worst things that might happen to them and trained how to develop healthy emotions in place of disruptive ones.
Rational emotive imagery (REI)
Using ______, clients stubbornly refuse to feel ashamed by telling themselves that it is not catastrophic if someone thinks we are foolish.
shame-attacking exercises
T/F: REBT is not suitable for brief therapy.
False. In fact, Ellis originally developed REBT to try to make psychotherapy shorter and more efficient.
T/F: REBT is applicable to a wide range of settings and populations, including elementary and secondary schools, couples counseling and family therapy, group therapy.
True.
______ are personalized notions that are triggered by particular stimuli that lead to emotional responses
automatic thoughts
T/F: According to CT, individuals tend to maintain their core beliefs about themselves, their world, and their future.
True.
_____ refers to making conclusions without supporting and relevant evidence (includes “catastrophizing”).
Arbitrary inferences
______ consists of forming conclusions based on an isolated detail of an event.
selective abstraction
________ is a tendency for individuals to relate external events to themselves, even when there is no basis for making this connection.
Personalization
______ involves categorizing experiences in either-or extremes.
dichotomous thinking
REBT, CT, or both?
Highly directive, persuasive, and confrontational
REBT
REBT, CT, or both?
therapist as teacher; models rational thinking
REBT
REBT, CT, or both?
Uses Socratic dialogue with aim of getting clients to reflect on personal issues and arrive at their own conclusions
CT
In ____ Therapy, the counselor engages in “collaborative empiricism”
Cognitive Therapy
_____ is a reflective questioning process, where the counselor attempts to collaborate with clients in testing the validity of their cognitions.
collaborative empiricism
Ellis (REBT) persuades clients that their beliefs are ______, while Beck (CT) views his clients’ beliefs as being ______.
irrational
inaccurate
Which places higher value on the therapeutic relationship? REBT or CT?
CT
Who started CBM?
Meichenbaum
______ is when individuals are given opportunities to deal with relatively mild stress stimuli in successful ways, so that they gradually develop a tolerance for stronger stimuli.
Stress inoculation training
What are the 3 phases for stress inoculation training?
- conceptual-educational
- create therapeutic alliance and gain understanding of problem - skills acquisition and consolidation
- coping skills - application and follow-through
- maintenance of change
____ focuses on the stories people tell about themselves and others regarding significant events in their lives.
constructivist narrative perspective (CNP)
- an approach to CBT
What does each letter stand for in Ellis’ ABC Model?
A - negative event
B - belief (irrational v. rational)
C - negative emotion (unhealthy v. healthy)
