Therapy II Flashcards
What is Cognitive Therapy?
Focus on the role of irrational and self defeating thought patterns, and therapist help clients change the underlying cognitive patters
Who was most influential in cognitive therapy
Albert Ellis and Aaron Beck
What type of illness is cognitive therapy good for and what is it not good for?
Good: Depression
Bad: Schizophrenia
What is the Rational Emotive Therapy?
Created by Albert Ellis and is a cognitive therapy that follows the ABCD model
Describe Albert Ellis ABCD model
A: activating event, that seems to trigger emotion
B: Belief System that underlies the way in which a person appraises the event
C: Consequences of one’s emotion and behaviour based on their appraisal
D: Disputing the erroneous belief system to change maladaptive emotions/behaviours
What are the 4 keys to cognitive therapy?
Problem Focused Therapy: focus on a specific thing
Action Orientation: solving a problem through action
Structure: sessions are structured the same
Transparency: client knows what is being worked on
If you can articulate what your problem is, what type of therapy would be correct??
Cognitive
What two types of therapy use classical conditioning?
Exposure therapy and aversion therapy
Both are behavioural therapies
How does exposure therapy work and what are the 2 kinds?
Expose the person to the thing that causes anxiety.
- Can either do systematic desensitization or flooding
What is aversion therapy?
Make people dislike something that they currently like
- EX. king of the hill, bobby miking cigs
What are the 4 types of operant conditioning?
Positive Reinforcement: adding good stuff for +behaviour
Negative Reinforcement: delaying good stuff if - behaviour
Positive Punishment: adding punishment for - behaviour
Negative punishment: delaying punishment for + behaviour
What is the social learning theory?
That new skills can be learned through observation via modelling and social skills training
Whats the 3rd wave?
Cognitive Behavioural Therapies
What types of treatment does the 3rd wave use? Describe
MB stress reduction: Mediation to reduce physiological arousal
MB Relapse Prevention: Meditation is used to identify thoughts that trigger relapses so you can stop them
- Both focus on mindful meditation and having a tranquil state of mind
What is ACT?
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Created by steven Hayes
- Also focus on mindfulness but teaches people to just “notice and accept” thought rather than trying to exert control.
- The commitment part, you are to figure out your true values and create goals for them
