Cognitive therapy was developed by Aaron T. Beck and it focuses on changing the way people think. The cognitive therapist focuses on unrealistic beliefs and distorted thinking as the basis of maladaptive behavior. It is the belief that dysfunctional thinking leads to dysfunctional behaviors. By changing one's thought, cognitive therapists believe that it will ultimately change their action. Cognitive therapists first identify the irrational belief through initial talks. The therapist then begins…
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Children’s Anxiety Treatment with Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy- Individual and Family modality The goal of this program is to help children with anxiety disorders to develop several different skills in order to reduce and eliminate anxiety symptoms. The program will include children with different anxiety disorders such as avoidant disorder, overanxious disorder, and separation anxious disorder. The main purpose of the evaluation is to determine whether application of this program statistically…
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show up in three categories either psychotherapy, medications and when all else fails alternative therapies. Let us begin with psychotherapy more specifically cognitive behavioral therapy with this type of treatment it focuses on thoughts, behavior, and emotions, whereas the desired goal is to change how you think about what is making you feel emotional. For a few people, cognitive behavioral therapy helps individuals to focus on what has created the problem and how to change a person’s behavior to…
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traditionally encountered in cognitive-behavioral therapy in finding out what its processes of change are. In addition, it should be noted that the first step in improving therapy is to know why it is working. Hayes, (2011) suggests "An acceptance and mindfulness-based method we have developed, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is one of the handful of methods the VA has decided to try out in their systems of care, and we are Anxiously…
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from the barbaric practices of lobotomies, electric shock therapy and locking people up in asylums to the modern treatment of cognitive behavioural therapy and the use of psychotropic medications. Of course the field is still constantly changing and developing as we learn more and more about the complex human mind and have access to improved technology. Currently psychiatrists seem to be moving away from traditional cognitive behavioural therapy and focusing more on the use of medication to treat their…
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All in all, cognitive behavioural therapy is an effective intervention useful to treat depression among older individuals. It is successful in treating personality, mood, sleep, post-traumatic stress disorders. Through this therapy, many self-management, communication, planning and decision-making skills are improved among affected depressed individuals. Due to the structured format of CBT, different methods could be altered in providing therapy such as by group, self-help reading books, via computer…
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of treatment are available to someone who maybe suffering from stimulant addiction? Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Interviewing are two of many treatments that are available for some who maybe suffering from stimulant addiction. In this paper I will give an in-depth overview, pros and cons and personal reaction to the treatment modalities chosen for stimulant addiction. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is based on principles of social learning theory, indicating the problem behaviors…
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Gabriel Rubio Cheryl Renee ENC 1101 06M 1 May 2013 A: My audience is people who understand that Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is successful in treating patients with anxiety disorders. They will be sensitive to the topic of addiction and will agree with the fact that pharmaceutical companies mostly care about profit and not the patient itself. They realize that many medications prescribed for anxiety are addictive. They are also aware of the fact that some doctors have been linked to benefiting…
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Running Head: COGNITIVE INTERVENTIONS Cognitive Interventions: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Team C: BSHS 311 Michael Phillips February 4th, 2013 Cognitive Interventions Adolescent Cognitive-behavioral therapies are methods that human service workers may apply to assist an adolescent with managing his anger. According to Kendall (1993) adolescent’s structure of mind is not developed; therefore, their perception of the world may change with treatment. Cognitive–behavioral treatments provide…
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Expressing feelings can be effective and therapeutic, in this way Cognitive Therapy is flawed. It is also falling short in the fact that Ellis believed that human beings do not need love and acceptance from significant others to feel worthwhile. I believe the opposite, in that an individual needs to have a close relationship with another person to be emotionally healthy. The majority of the short comings inherent within Cognitive Therapy, in regards to multicultural factors, revolve around the clinician…
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