Cbt Case Study

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CBT Final Exam

1. Describe the cognitive model as presented by Beck and in class. Use an example from your own life to illustrate the cognitive model.

Cognitive theory posits that the way people feel, act, or react to any given situation is not so much the situation itself more than it is “…how they construe a situation” (Beck, 2011, p. 30). The Situation/event is the first level of the cognitive model. The second level of the cognitive model is Automatic thoughts. Automatic thoughts are the thoughts and pictures that are created by emotions and perceptions of a situation “…and are not the result of deliberation or reasoning” (Beck, 2011. p. 31). They are typically accepted as factual and true regardless of evidence to the contrary. These automatic thoughts are usually responsible for one’s emotional, behavioral, and/or physiological Reaction which is the third level of the cognitive model. Five people may listen to the same lecture but experience completely different reactions ranging from excited or anxious to disappointed or disgusted.
I am not a terrible test taker (situation), but I do experience slight anxiety (emotional reaction) whenever they arise. Usually the first thing that pops into my head (automatic thought) is that I will do poorly and receive a failing grade. This in turn causes my …show more content…

Describe at least 10 techniques used in CBT

1. Socratic questioning – This can be used for a variety of reasons such as to construct or modify beliefs, evaluation of automatic thoughts, or for the testing of imaginal automatic thoughts. Socratic questioning is performed by the therapist in an effort to “evaluate a client’s thinking (rather than [through] persuasion, debate, or lecturing)” (Beck, 2011, p. 10).

2. Behavioral experiments -These are “therapists created experiences…for patients to directly test their thinking” (Beck, 2011, p. 10). Unlike thought experiments, behavioral experiments actually test out any “what ifs” the client may

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