Psychological therapies

Question 1

What are the main features of CBT?

Answer 1

-Brief course (12-20 sessions)
-Based on present experience - idea that our mood is affected by our thoughts and behaviours

Question 2

What does CBT aim to do?

Answer 2

Aims to break COGNITIVE BIASES eg:
-Catastrophising
-Jumping to conclusions
-Black and white thinking (situations are all good or all bad)
-Personalising (blaming yourself)
-Generalising

Question 3

What is behavioural activation?

Answer 3

Getting people to act according to a plan rather than on how they feel

Question 4

What principle is interpersonal therapy (IPT) based on?

Answer 4

-Idea that symptoms have multiple causes
-Works on the understanding that the quality of interpersonal relationships can cause, maintain and protect against depression