Cognitive Therapy Video Analysis

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Cognitive Therapy rests on the assumption of our thoughts, thought patterns, and cognitive themes play a role in our psychological distress and behavior problems (Lewis, 2014). Usually clients blame their selves, experience negative emotions, and may suffer from depression and anxiety (Lewis, 2014). Clients tend to make cognitive distortions by processing information that is inaccurate. Clients can also overgeneralize. Over-generalizing occurs when clients interpret the meaning of the events that happened to the client (Lewis, 2014). Motivational Interviewing is an effective approach to encourage that the client to come up with a treatment plan for their problem (Lewis, 2014). In the video, Connor wanted to quit smoking because he did not