Cognitive-Behavioural Model Flashcards

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What is the guiding principle of CBT?

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People are disturbed not by what is happening, but how they perceive and understand it.

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Describe the ABC model

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Activating events have a direct effect on consequences, but also an indirect effect on our beliefs of the event

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List the common attributes of CBT models

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  • collaborative relationship
  • psychological distress as a causal outcome of cognitions
  • self-statements and cognitions affect behaviour
  • educational stance
  • time limited
  • homework tasks
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Briefly describe principles of Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy

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  • irrational thoughts
  • educating the client to help themselves
  • self defeating beliefs sabotage growth
  • responsibility and not indulging emotions
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What does the REBT therapeutic process aim to achieve?

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  • unconditional self acceptance

- unconditional other acceptance

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List three fundamental concepts about the Therapist Manner in REBT

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  • therapy is educational
  • relationship between therapist and client is not central
  • emphasis on responsibility and not indulging emotions
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What are irrational beliefs?

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Inflexible and absolute ways of thinking where preferences are mistaken for needs

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What are the three core irrational beliefs?

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  • demanding love, approval, success and achievement
  • demanding that others conform to your expectations
  • demanding comfort
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List the three REBT therapeutic techniques

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  1. Cognitive techniques
  2. Emotional techniques
  3. Behavioural techniques
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List examples of cognitive techniques for REBT

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  • rational disputation of beliefs (detect, debate, discriminate)
  • adjusting language (self defeating speech)
  • using humour
  • self directed learning
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List examples of emotional techniques for REBT

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  • rational-emotive imagery
  • role playing
  • shame attacking exercises
  • forcefulness and vigour
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List examples of behavioural techniques for REBT

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  • systematic desensitisation
  • operant conditioning
  • self management principles
  • relaxation training
  • modelling
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Briefly describe principles of Cognitive Therapy (CT)

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  • flogical errors in negative, automatic thoughts
  • process of self discovery
  • aim for client to become their own therapist
  • cognitive distortions
  • neg. cog triad
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What is the negative cognitive triad?

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Negative views about:

  • oneself
  • the world
  • the future
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What are some common CT techniques?

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  • psychoeducation
  • identification of negative, automatic thoughts
  • identification of faulty inferences
  • challenging negative thoughts
  • behavioural experiments for faulty inferences
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What are the similarities between CT and REBT?

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  • central role of cognitions in generating distress
  • time limited and present focus
  • educational and directive
  • active role of client
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What are some differences between CT and REBT?

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  • REBT more confrontational
  • CT emphasises beliefs as dysfunctional rather than irrational
  • importance of rapport in CT
  • focus on personality in REBT
18
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What are some criticisms of CBT?

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  • can be viewed as superficial
  • can be confrontational
  • less emphasis on emotional expression
  • less emphasis on cause
19
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Polarised thinking

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Dichotomous reasoning; all or nothing

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Arbitrary inferences

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Jumping to conclusions, mind reading, fortune telling

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Selective abstraction

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Discounting the positives, mental filtering

22
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Just world hypothesis

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Fallacy of fairness

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Emotional reasoning

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When you’re upset, you think differently to when you’re happy

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Overgeneralisation

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Holding extreme beliefs on the basis of a single incident and applying them to dissimilar events inappropriately

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Magnification/minimisation

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Perceiving a case or situation as in greater or lesser light than it truly deserves

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Personalisation

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Tendency for individuals to relate external events to themselves with no basis

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Labelling/mislabelling

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Portraying one’s identity on the basis of imperfections and mistakes made in the past defining one’s true identity

28
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List some contributions of CBT models

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  • evidence based
  • active client involvement
  • practical and functional
  • problem centred
  • cost effective