Cognitive Behavior Therapy

 

Albert Ellis- Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)

(1913-2007)

Aaron T. Beck / Judith S. Beck - Cognitive Therapy

(b. 1921)     (b.1954)

Donald Meichenbaum - Cognitive Behavior Therapy

(b. 1940)

Goals:

• To teach clients to confront faulty beliefs with contradictory evidence that they gather & evaluate.

• To help clients seek out their faulty beliefs & minimize them.

• To become aware of automatic thoughts & to change them.

   

   

  

   

   

   Key Concepts:

•   Although psychological problems may be rooted in childhood, they are reinforced by present ways of thinking.

• A person's belief system is the primary cause of disorders.

• Internal dialogue plays a central role in one's behavior. 

• Clients focus on examining faulty assumptions, misconceptions, & replacing these with effective beliefs.

Theories:

• Individuals tend to incorporate faulty thinking, this leads to emotional & behavioral disturbances.

• Cognitions are the major determinants of how we feel & act.

• Therapy is primarily oriented toward cognition, behavior, & it stresses the role of thinking, deciding, questioning, doing, & redeciding.

• This psychoeducational model, emphasizes therapy as a learning process, includes acquiring & practicing new skills, learning new ways to think, & acquiring more effective ways of coping with problems. 

    
  
  
  
  
  
  

  Other Techniques:

  • Therapists use a variety of cognitive, emotive, & behavioral techniques: diverse methods are tailored to suit individual clients.

  • This therapy is an active, directive, time-limited, present-centered, psychoeducational, & structured.

  • Engage in Socratic dialogue.

  • Collaborative empiricism.

  • Debate irrational beliefs.

  • Carry out homework assignments.

  • Gather data on one's assumptions.

  • Keeps records of activities.

  • Forms alternative interpretations.

  • Learns new coping skills.

  • Changes one's language & thinking patterns.

  • Role-playing

  • Imagery

  • Confronts faulty beliefs

  • Self-instructional training

  • Stress inoculation training

  • Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)

  • A-B-C Framework

  • Relapse prevention

   

  

   

   

   

  Dr. Donald Meichenbaum

   

  References:

  • Corey, G. (2013)..Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy (9th ed.,). Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole. 

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