Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
(CBT)Accurate 100%
Core Assumptions of CBT - ANSWER 1) The client and therapist have a collaborative
relationship.
2) Psychological distress is often maintained by cognitive processes.
--Thoughts cause Feelings and Behaviors
--You feel and do what you think
--Underlying ideas about the world, that we are not always aware of but they lead to
assumptions
3) One focus is that changing cognitions can produce desired changes in affect and
behavior.
4) The time limited focus is on the present.
5) The therapist takes an active and directive stance.
6) An educational treatment focusing on specific and structured target problems is
necessary
Key Figures of CBT - ANSWER Albert Ellis: Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)
Aaron Beck: Cognitive Therapy (CT)
Christin Padesky and Kathleen Mooney: Strength Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
(SB-CBT)
Donald Meichenbaum: Cognitive Behavior Modification (CBM)
CBT is an Effective Treatment for (non-exclusive list) - ANSWER -Anxiety disorders
-Depression
-Borderline Personality Disorder (DBT in particular)
Therapist's Role in CBT - ANSWER -Help identify thinking errors (synonymous
w/cognitive distortions)
Illustrate the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
-Help them define what a thought is vs. what a feeling is
-Help client change thinking patterns
, -Encourage rational/adaptive beliefs
Unconditional self-acceptance-we have flaws, accept them as part of who we are
-Unconditional other-acceptance-others have flaws, accept that
-Unconditional life acceptance: life has pain, tragedy-accept that they are part of
joys/sufferings of life
-The above are similar to buddhist principles-meditation
Major Constructs of REBT (CBT) - ANSWER Theory that cognitions control our
emotions and behaviors; therefore, changing the way we think about things will affect
the way we feel and the way we behave.
a)Assumes that conditions, emotions, and behaviors interact significantly and have a
reciprocal cause and effect relationship.
b)Emotions are mainly caused by our beliefs which influences our evaluations and
interpretations, ultimately leading to our reactions.
★View of Emotional Disturbance:
a)We learn irrational beliefs from others during childhood and recreate these irrational
beliefs throughout our lifetime.
-The Self-Defeating Rules (Irrational Beliefs)
Learned from family and life events then rehearsed and strengthened by the individual
-Should's and Must
Occurs when an individual believes he/she must or should act a certain way in life
"I must be the best graduate student," or "I should always get an 'A'."
-Other examples include: all or nothing thinking (refers to thinking in extremes. You are
either a success or a failure. This binary way of thinking does not account for shades of
gray, and can be responsible for a great deal of negative evaluations of yourself and
others), emotional reasoning (this is my fault), overgeneralizing, etc.
b)We reinforce self defeating beliefs through autosuggestion and repetition and behave
in ways consistent w beliefs.
c)We must stop blaming ourselves and others to be healthy and learn to unconditionally
accept ourselves despite imperfections
3 Basic Musts (Or Irrational Beliefs) in REBT (CBT) - ANSWER 1)"I must do well and be
loved and approved by others."
2)"Other people must treat me fairly."
3)"The world and my living conditions must be comfortable, gratifying, and just,
providing me with all that i want in life."
★These self defeating beliefs can be maintained which can cause emotional
disturbances.
(CBT)Accurate 100%
Core Assumptions of CBT - ANSWER 1) The client and therapist have a collaborative
relationship.
2) Psychological distress is often maintained by cognitive processes.
--Thoughts cause Feelings and Behaviors
--You feel and do what you think
--Underlying ideas about the world, that we are not always aware of but they lead to
assumptions
3) One focus is that changing cognitions can produce desired changes in affect and
behavior.
4) The time limited focus is on the present.
5) The therapist takes an active and directive stance.
6) An educational treatment focusing on specific and structured target problems is
necessary
Key Figures of CBT - ANSWER Albert Ellis: Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)
Aaron Beck: Cognitive Therapy (CT)
Christin Padesky and Kathleen Mooney: Strength Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
(SB-CBT)
Donald Meichenbaum: Cognitive Behavior Modification (CBM)
CBT is an Effective Treatment for (non-exclusive list) - ANSWER -Anxiety disorders
-Depression
-Borderline Personality Disorder (DBT in particular)
Therapist's Role in CBT - ANSWER -Help identify thinking errors (synonymous
w/cognitive distortions)
Illustrate the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
-Help them define what a thought is vs. what a feeling is
-Help client change thinking patterns
, -Encourage rational/adaptive beliefs
Unconditional self-acceptance-we have flaws, accept them as part of who we are
-Unconditional other-acceptance-others have flaws, accept that
-Unconditional life acceptance: life has pain, tragedy-accept that they are part of
joys/sufferings of life
-The above are similar to buddhist principles-meditation
Major Constructs of REBT (CBT) - ANSWER Theory that cognitions control our
emotions and behaviors; therefore, changing the way we think about things will affect
the way we feel and the way we behave.
a)Assumes that conditions, emotions, and behaviors interact significantly and have a
reciprocal cause and effect relationship.
b)Emotions are mainly caused by our beliefs which influences our evaluations and
interpretations, ultimately leading to our reactions.
★View of Emotional Disturbance:
a)We learn irrational beliefs from others during childhood and recreate these irrational
beliefs throughout our lifetime.
-The Self-Defeating Rules (Irrational Beliefs)
Learned from family and life events then rehearsed and strengthened by the individual
-Should's and Must
Occurs when an individual believes he/she must or should act a certain way in life
"I must be the best graduate student," or "I should always get an 'A'."
-Other examples include: all or nothing thinking (refers to thinking in extremes. You are
either a success or a failure. This binary way of thinking does not account for shades of
gray, and can be responsible for a great deal of negative evaluations of yourself and
others), emotional reasoning (this is my fault), overgeneralizing, etc.
b)We reinforce self defeating beliefs through autosuggestion and repetition and behave
in ways consistent w beliefs.
c)We must stop blaming ourselves and others to be healthy and learn to unconditionally
accept ourselves despite imperfections
3 Basic Musts (Or Irrational Beliefs) in REBT (CBT) - ANSWER 1)"I must do well and be
loved and approved by others."
2)"Other people must treat me fairly."
3)"The world and my living conditions must be comfortable, gratifying, and just,
providing me with all that i want in life."
★These self defeating beliefs can be maintained which can cause emotional
disturbances.
