The cognitive approach to treating depression Flashcards
What is CBT
Cognitive behaviour therapy
What is the most commonly used psychological treatment for depression
CBT
What is CBT based on
Using cognitive and behavioural techniques
What can CBT do
Help people with how they think and what they do in order to make them feel better
What are the two different types of CBTs
Beck’s cognitive therapy
Ellis’s rational emotive behaviour therapy
What happens in Becks cognitive therapy
Client assessed to discover severity of their conditions
Therapist establishes baseline
Then challenges the irrational thoughts
What did Becks cognitive therapy challenge
Negative triad of the client
What are the patients challenged to do during Becks cognitive therapy
Encouraged to test the reality of their irrational thoughts
What was the ABC model extended to
ABCDE
What does D stand for in the ABCDE model
Dispute (challenge the thought)
What does E stand for in the ABCDE model
Effect (beneficial effect on thought and behaviour)
What are the two different types of arguments that Ellis use to challenge irrational thoughts
Empirical argument
Logical argument
Pragmatic argument
What does the F stand for in the ABCDEF model
Feelings ( emotions produced )
What is the empirical argument
Disputing whether there is evidence to support the irrational belief
What is the logical argument
Disputing whether the negative thought actually follows from the facts
