Edps 602 - Cognitive Therapy
Edps 602 - Cognitive Therapy
Edps 602 - Cognitive Therapy
Therapy
EDPS 602
NICOLE DARLINGTON, JOANNE TAKENAKA
AND ALICIA MARCHINI
information processing
Dissatisfaction with psychoanalysis
declining
empirical methods
Beck
Trained in psychoanalysis
Attempted to validate Freuds theory of
depression as the result of anger turned
against the self
Observations of depressed patients during
traditional psychoanalysis
Initial Goal
Identify distorted or detrimental thought processes
Long-term Goal
Key Understanding
To change beliefs, one must view them as testable
hypotheses not facts
Voluntary Thoughts
Most accessible and least stable
Automatic Thoughts
Core Beliefs
Absolute beliefs that are contained in cognitive schemas
If these beliefs can be identified, the negative effect can
be counteracted
Collaboration
Connections
Actively Engaged
Both the therapist and client have active roles
Collaborative Empiricism
The therapist and client determine goals of therapy
together
Socratic Dialogue
Guided Discovery
The therapist uses information, facts, and probabilities
to assist the client in gaining a realistic perspective
Early Sessions
The therapist is more active than client
Middle Sessions
The focus shifts from clients symptoms to patterns of
thinking
Later Sessions
The therapist takes on the role of advisor rather than teacher
Ending Sessions
The therapy is terminated when goals are achieved
(a central task)
in automatic thoughts
with anxiety
escalating
between sessions
technique
distortions
encourages involvement
gradually increased
Structural Psychotherapy
Incorporates a rationalist worldview
Developed by Vittorio Guidano and Giovanni Lotti
Goal of therapy:
(DBT)
Schema Therapy
Introduced by Jeffrey Young
Used to treat personality disorders and other chronic
problems
Focuses on cognitive schemas that are rooted in early
childhood relationships
Treatment entails cognitive change tasks and a
therapeutic relationship with client to change schemas
by meeting emotional needs that were not met during
childhood
Problem: Anxiety
Distortions in the childs thinking entail
exaggerated perceptions of threat (or thinking
the worst) and negative perceptions of
themselves and their ability to cope with
situations
The way the child perceives physiological responses causes the sense
of threat to heighten, triggering more negative thoughts
Common Result: Avoidance of stressful situations, which perpetuates
the problem
Neurological Implications
Neuroplasticity
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Neurological Implications
Learning
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In cognitive therapy,
Neurological Implications
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Neurological Implications
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References
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