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SECTION 3 COGNITIVE & BEHAVIOR THEORIES

SECTION 3 COGNITIVE & BEHAVIOR THEORIES. Antonaia Sudduth James Marshall. Cognitive Therapy. According to psychologists, all of the theories follow one or more of 3 principles:. Discomformation : Clients may be confronted with evidence that directly contradicts their existing beliefs

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SECTION 3 COGNITIVE & BEHAVIOR THEORIES

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  1. SECTION 3COGNITIVE & BEHAVIOR THEORIES Antonaia Sudduth James Marshall

  2. Cognitive Therapy According to psychologists, all of the theories follow one or more of 3 principles:

  3. Discomformation: Clients may be confronted with evidence that directly contradicts their existing beliefs Reconceptulization: Clients work towards alternative belief system to explain their experiences or current observations. Insight: Clients work toward understanding and deriving new or revised beliefs.

  4. Rational-Emotional Therapy (RET) ALBERT ELLIS developed a form of therapy called Rational-Emotional Therapy. In Psychology Today, they refer him as the greatest psychologist living. He believed people behaved in rational ways. The goal of RET is to correct false and self-defeating beliefs

  5. RET cont. Ellis taught that behaviors were like ABC’s: (A)-ACTIVATING EVENT Ex: criticism (B)-BELIEF Ex: “I must be loved by everyone to be happy” (C)- CONSEQUENT EMOTION Ex: Unhappiness  **THERAPISTS WANT TO CHANGE LETTER (B)**

  6. Beck’s Cognitive Therapy AARON BECK’s main focus was on the illogical thought process. He used persuasion to change beliefs The goal was to change the way people think. Sometimes Beck would have clients test their own belief or give them homework assignments to assess their true values of their beliefs.

  7. REFLECTION 1. What was 1 of the 3 principles of cognitive therapy? 2. What is RET and who is the founder of it? 3. What are the ABC’s? 4. What the goal of RET? 5. What was BECK’s main goal?

  8. ANSWERS 1. ANSWER MAY VARY 2. RATIONAL-EMOTIONAL THERAPY; ALBERT ELLIS 3. (A)-ACTIVATING EVENT (B)-BELIEF (C)-CONSEQUENT EMOTION 4. TO CORRECT FALSE AND SELF-DEFEATING BELIEFS 5. TO CHANGE THE WAY PEOPLE THINK.

  9. New Info. Albert Ellis is the father of Cognitive-Behavioral therapy The word “belief” means a conviction in the truth, actuality, or validity of something. After the ABC’s there is a D and E: DISPUTES OR ARGUMENTS AGAINST BELIEFS & NEW EFFECT. Aaron beck is a psychiatrist

  10. References http://psychcentral.com/lib/2009/rational-emotive-behavior-therapy/all/1/

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