cognitive treatments

Question 1

what is the most commonly used psychological treatment for depression as well as other mental health problems ?

Answer 1

CBT

Question 2

what is CBT also a psychological treatment for ?

Answer 2

anxiety, OCD or phobias

Question 3

what is the CBT method based on ?

Answer 3

both behavioural and cognitive technique’s

Question 4

what does the therapist aim for in CBT ?

Answer 4

the therapist aims to make the client aware of the relationship between thoughts, emotions and actions

Question 5

What can CBT help with ?

Answer 5

CBT can help people change how they think (cognitive) and what they do (behvaiour) which can help them feel better

Question 6

What is CBT ?

Answer 6

• it is a way of talking (psychotherapy) about beck’s negative triad and how what you do affects your thought and feelings

Question 7

what does the therapy aim to deal with from the cognitive POV ?

Answer 7

it aims to deal with the thinking, such as challenging negative thoughts

Question 8

what kind of behavioural technique’s does it include ?

Answer 8

behavioural activation

Question 9

what is meant by behavioural activation ?

Answer 9

encouraging patients to engage in activities that they are avoiding

Question 10

what can Cbt help to break ?

Answer 10

CBT can help to break the vicious circle of maladaptive thinking, feelings and behavior

Question 11

what does CBT focus on ?

Answer 11

CBT focuses on the here and now problems and difficulties. it looks for ways to improve the state of the mind now and not the past

Question 12

when can the parts of a sequence be changed ?

Answer 12

when they are clearly outlines and understood

Question 13

what does CBT aim to get a person to ?

Answer 13

CBT aims to get the person to a point where they can DIY and work out their own way of tracking their problems

Question 14

what did Beck develop ?

Answer 14

beck developed a therapy (CBT) to challenge the negative triad of the client

Question 15

what are the 3 stages of Beck’s Cognitive therapy ?

Answer 15

1) the client will be assessed to discover the severity of their condition
2) the therapist will establish a baseline (starting point) prior to treatment, to help monitor improvement
3) Beck states that to feel better you must think positively.
so within CBT clients are asked to provide info about their negative triad
4) the therapist now may ask the client to do something that demonstrates their ability to succeed - behavioural activation

Question 16

when the client is asked to provide info about their negative triad, what does the therapist then use ?

Answer 16

the therapist uses a process called realty testing
- so if the client says that ‘im useless and i always fail’ they will be asked wether in reality they have been successful at something

Question 17

what are clients made aware of ? and what does this help with ?

Answer 17

clients are made aware of their negative thoughts
- in this way irrational thoughts can be replaced with more optimistic and rational thoughts

Question 18

what does REBT stand for?

Answer 18

rational emotive behavioural therapy

Question 19

what does REBT do to Ellis’ model ?

Answer 19

REBT extends the ABC model to the ABCDE model

Question 20

what does the D and E stand for in the new ABCDE model ?

Answer 20

D = dispute (challenge thoughts)
E = effect ( see a more beneficial effect on thought and behaviour )

Question 21

what is the central technique of REBT?

Answer 21

the central technique of REBT is to identify and dispute the patients irrational thoughts

Question 22

in REBT what does Ellis argue ?

Answer 22

Ellis argues that irrational thoughts are the main cause

Question 23

what ideas is REBT based upon ?

Answer 23

REBT is based on the idea that whenever we become upset, it is not the events that took place in our lives that upset us but the beliefs that we hold that cause us to become depressed or anxious

Question 24

What did Ellis believe about irrational beliefs ?

Answer 24

Ellis believed that irrational beliefs make impossible demands on the individual, leading to anxiety, failure and psychological difficulty

Question 25

What does REBT challenge ?
empirical / logical disputing

Answer 25

REBT challenges the client to prove these statements and then replace them with more reasonable, realistic statements