Cognitive Behavioral Therapies Flashcards
4 Types of Cognitive Behavioral Therapies
1) Cognitive
2) REBT - Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy
3) Reality
4) Dialectic Behavioral Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Theory of Change
- Relationship between THOUGHTS, FEELINGS, BEHAVIORS
- Modify dysfunctional thought patterns
- COPE with stressors in a more positive manner
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Therapist’s Role
- Collaborative teacher
- Uses STRUCTURED learning experiences
- Teach COPING skills
- Provides HOMEWORK
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Treatment Goals
- Recognize PATTERNS of thought
- Evaluate validity
- Replace with healthier ways of thinking
- Develop positive COPING skills and strategies
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (Main Concept)
Negative Cognitive Triad
- View of Self (“I’m not worth anything”)
- View of the world (“Everyone hates me”)
- View of the future (“No hopes in my future”)
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Interventions
Cognitive Restructuring
Teaches client to IDENTIFY irrational, distorted, or maladaptive beliefs, QUESTION the evidence for the belief, and generate alternative responses
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Phases of Treatment
Beginning
- Establish safe and supportive therapeutic relationship
- Complete a functional analysis to assess and define the problem
- EDUCATE and explain CBT
- Set collaborative GOALS
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Phases of Treatment
Middle
- Identify NEGATIVE thought patterns
- Uncover negative schemas
- Assign HOMEWORK to self-monitor thoughts and moods and behaviors
- Label cognitive DISTORTIONS
- Reframe thoughts
- Learn and practice new skills and behaviors
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Phases of Treatment
End
- REVIEW gains
- IDENTIFY skills learned
- REHEARSE for new situations
- ANTICIPATE future struggles
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)
Theory of Change
Change occurs through the changing irrational BELIEFS to rational BELIEFS, which improves clients’ emotional and behavioral functioning
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)
Therapist’s Role
- Instructor
- CONFRONTATIONAL
- Direct
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)
Treatment Goals
Help clients alter illogical BELIEFS and thinking patterns in order to overcome psychological problems and mental distress
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)
Key Concept: ABC
A - Activating Event: Something happens in the surrounding environment
B - Beliefs: You hold a belief about the even or situation
C - Consequence: There is an emotional response to the belief
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)
Key Concept: Acceptance Triad
1) SELF ACCEPTANCE: I have good and bad points, I am allowed to have flaws. Despite my good and bad points, I am no more worthy or less worthy than any other person
2) OTHER ACCEPTANCE: Sometimes other people will not treat me fairly. There is no law that other people have to treat me fairly all the time. People who don’t treat me fairly are no more worth or less worthy than any other person
3) LIFE ACCEPTANCE: Life does not always work out the way you want. There is no rule that life has to go the way you want. Although life will not always be pleasant, it is never awful or completely unbearable.
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)
Phases of Treatment
Beginning
- Provide psychoEDUCATION about REBT
- IDENTIFY underlying irrational thought patterns and beliefs and the resulting feelings and behaviors