Week 4 Flashcards
cognitive therapy uses what 2 techniques?
guided discovery and socratic method
5 characteristics of cognitive therapy
problem oriented, directive, time-limited, structured, didactic approach
cognitive model
treatment approach based upon the notion that dysfunctional thinking plays a role in a number of psychological disorders
how you think influences how you feel
general model path of cognitive model
situation –> automatic thoughts –> reaction
cognitive layers
automatic thoughts, intermediate beliefs, and core beliefs
what maintains existing beliefs
information processing biases
cognitive layers with schizophrenia
Event: You are terrible, go kill yourself, kill your sister
Automatic thoughts: my sister is in danger, I have to hurt myself or something bad will happen
Intermediate Beliefs: I have to obey, voice is powerful
Core belief: I am vulnerable, the world is a dangerous place
cognitive layers with ocd
automatic thoughts: I forgot to turn off the gas
intermediate beliefs: If you are not sure, always check, it is terrible to fail
core beliefs: I am responsible
core belief examples
self-worth, incompetence, rejection, powerlessness
transdiagnostic model of anxiety
6 step process
learning experience > trigger > catastrophic misinterpretation > anxiety > safety behavior > anxiety confirming information
how to identify automatic thoughts (5)
(SAVER)
ask basic questions: what was going through your mind
use automatic thought records
use socratic questioning
use visualization (ask patient to close eyes and imagine)
exploring changes in present mood
role playing a problematic situation
socratic questioning characteristics (5)
promote self-reflection: examines beliefs and their contradictions
therapist should not interrogate, but ask questions the patient is able to answer
questions open rather than closed
therapist really wants to understand the patient’s inner world
not about asking the right questions, but rather about exhibiting an interested, exploring and modifying attitude
downward arrow technique
helps identify core beliefs
vertical exploration
start with automatic thought and try to see what’s beneath that.
example downard arrow technique
if i move, im having back pain
(whats so bad about that? - therapist)
if im having back pain, something has been damaged
if something has been damaged in my back, ill never get better
if i dont get better spontaneously, i have to be operated on
in order to be operated on, i have to be admitted to the hospital
in the hospital i will contract a fatal infection and then it will kill me
case conceptualization
translate patients psychopathology into a cognitive behavioral model, formulate hypotheses about disorder
explore relations between problems
empirical quality of case conceptualization
reliability is poor
validity little research
cognitive interventions to modify maladaptive beliefs (5)
socratic dialogue
evidence for / against - court technique
g-scheme / thought record
multidimensional evaluation
pie chart
columns of thought record (7)
situation, moods, automatic thoughts, evidence that supports the hot thought, evidence that does not support the hot thought, balanced thoughts, rate moods now
when is pie chart useful
with guilty feelings
e.g. what are explanations for the angry face of the cashier? fill in percentage with pie chart
probability calculation
- realistic chance per step
- multiply chances to calculate overall chance
1st stage to develop expertise as a cognitive behavior therapist
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- learn basic skills of conceptualizing a case in cognitive terms based on an intake evaluation and data collected in session.
- You also learn to structure the session, use your
conceptualization of a patient and good common sense to plan treatment, and help patients solve problems and view their dysfunctional thoughts in a different way. - You also learn to use basic cognitive and behavioral techniques
2nd stage for developing expertise as a cognitive behavioral therapist
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you become more proficient at integrating your conceptualization with your knowledge of techniques.
You strengthen your ability to understand the flow of therapy.
You become more easily able to identify critical goals of treatment and more skillful at conceptualizing patients, refining your
conceptualization during the therapy session itself, and using the conceptualization to make decisions about interventions.
3rd stage of developing expertise as a cognitive behavioral therapist
you more automatically integrate new data into the conceptualization.
You refine your ability to make hypotheses to confirm or revise your view of the patient.
You vary the structure and techniques of basic cognitive behavior therapy as appropriate, particularly for patients with personality disorders and other difficult disorders and problems
basic premise of cognitive model
people’s emotions, behaviors and physiology are influenced by their perception of events
situation –> automatic thoughts –> reaction (emotion, behavior, physiological)
first attempt to challenge validity of automatic thoughts
ask yourself: what was just going through my mind?
origin of automatic thoughts
beliefs