Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Question 0

Key concepts of cognitive behavioural therapy

Answer 0

Psychological problems reinforced by current thinking despite childhood roots. Belief system causes dissorders. Focus on examining faulty assumptions and misconceptions.

Question 1

Basic philosophy of cognitive behavioural therapy

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Faulty thinking leads to emotional and behavioural disturbances? Cognition so determine how we feel and act. Oriented towards cognition and behaviours. Therapy is a learning process.

Question 2

Goals of cognitive behavioural therapy

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Learn to confront and challenge faulty beliefs, awareness and ability to change automatic thoughts

Question 3

Cbt therapeutic relationship

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Rebt-therapist functions as teacher. In cognitive therapy collaborative relationship where therapist helps client.

Question 4

Cbt therapy techniques

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Cognitive, behavioural and emotive techniques used. Active, time limited, present centred, psychoeducational structured therapy. Engaging in Socratic dialouge, collaborative empiricism, debate irrational beliefs, gather data on assumptions, record activities, challenge language, etc…

Question 5

Application of cbt

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Treatment for depression, anxiety, relationship problems, stress management, skill training, substance abuse, assertion training, eating dissorders, panic attacks, performance anxiety, and social phobias. Useful for modifying cognitions. Self help approaches utilize it’s principles. Often suede in group settings

Question 12

Multicultural aspects of cbt

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+offers clients chance to express areas of concern, explore cultural conflicts, emphasis on thinking accepted in most cultures, avoids stigma of mental illness.
-important to learn about and respect clients world before changing, clients may have reservations about questioning cultural values, clients could become dependant on therapists for problem solving

Question 13

Contributions and limitations of cbt

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+openness to incorporating other techniques! challenging and changing faulty thinking! action oriented homework! records progress! structured and time effective.
-plays down emotions, no focus on underplaying conflicts, de-emphasizes insight, no weight to past, confrontational at times.

Question 14

A-B-C personality theory

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Activating event->behaviour ->consequence

Or behaviour-> disputing intervention ->effective philosophy->new feeling

Question 15

Cognitive therapy is….

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Insight focused, assumes internal communication accessible through introspection, beliefs have personal meaning, meanings discovered by client,

Question 16

Ct distortions

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➢Arbitrary inferences
➢Selective abstraction
➢Overgeneralization
➢Magnification and minimization
➢Personalization
➢Labeling and mislabeling
➢Polarized thinking

Question 17

Cognitive triad

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Patterns triggering depression, selective abstraction, gloomy vision of future

Question 18

Stress inoculation training steps

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1) conceptual-education phase
2) skills acquisition and skills consolidation
3) application and follow through phase