In the 1960’s, Dr. Aaron Beck developed a new approach to treating depression called Cognitive therapy, which is now called Cognitive-behavioral therapy. “Cognitive-behavioral therapy is an empirically validated form of psychotherapy that has been shown to be effective in over 350 outcome studies and myriad psychiatric disorders” (Bieling, 2006). There are a number of rationales why Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) can support clients with substance use problems. CBT is time-limited, works in the present (rather than issues from the past) and helps people problem-solve and learn new skills that can be used in their everyday lives. Another reason for using CBT with clients with substance use problems is that they learn to identify their …show more content…
This in turn can be a significant cost saving for the health care system, as well, delivering a proven treatment to more people with positive results (Bieling, 2006). CBT is an effective treatment for people with co-occurring disorders, that it, substance abuse and a mental health diagnosis, for example alcohol addiction with depression. In this scenario a client can be educated about their depression and its relationship with alcohol. Each of the components of CBT can ripple through the mental health and addiction at the same time (Rotges & Nguyen, 2006). CBT can offer support with individuals who, “May initially have difficulty in their behavior change, or who may be slower to pick up and utilize new skills effectively” (Rotges & Nguyen, 2006). The group empowers people the ability to help each other, as the group becomes each member’s community during their time together working through the various parts of the CBT program. If and when a member gets into difficulty members of the group can step in, help as well model new behaviors (Rotges & Nguyen, …show more content…
The screening process will determine if the client will benefit from cognitive behavior therapy, will identify contributing members and will eliminate individuals who may not be suitable for the treatment. There are some factors to consider in the screening process and the first is motivation for treatment. Exploring with the member internal and external motivational factors for change can be done at the screening process as well as, possible barriers for example, reading, writing or comprehension. This barrier would not exclude people from the group it would only be a indictor that the person may need additional support during group sessions. The screening process would also be a time to identify issues such as mental health or if the person is being mandated to attend a group. One last issue I would explore with the person is prior treatments, to identify what worked and what did not work in prior sessions and groups. Screening also provides the facilitator to discuss confidentiality and to answer questions and to alleviate potential anxiety about the group. Screening is as important as the material covered in the group sessions and is as important as the last stage which is
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy appears to be a new treatment, although its roots can be traced to Albert Ellis’s Reason and Emotion in Psychotherapy, published in 1962. Cognitive therapy assumes that thoughts precede actions and false self-beliefs cause negative emotions. It is now known that most depression treatments have cognitive components to them, whether they are recognized or not. In the 1970’s many psychologists began using cognitive components to describe depression. From there, they developed cognitive forms to treat depression with impressive results (Franklin, 2003).
There can be some potential barriers when using TF-CBT. Therapists have to take into consideration that when having the session with the child and the parent, the parent may have experienced sexual abuse as well as a child, and this may open up some past wounds that have not been resolved (Foster, 2014). Foster (2014) also states there is a risk that a child and/or family may want to drop out due to the dynamics of the family, the severity of the symptoms of the child, the stress of the parent, whether or not if the parent believes in counseling, or if the child’s symptoms get worse before they get better and the parent takes them out of therapy.
One of the primary reasons I prefer to utilize CBT is due to its compatibility with my personality. I am an organized, logical, and direct individual, all of which CBT encompasses well. CBT is a highly structured therapy. Even though there isn’t a particular order to procedures while utilizing CBT, there does tend to be a natural progression of certain steps. This aspect allows me to feel as though I am leading client’s to their goals in a logical manner. Not only that, CBT has a great deal of research backing that has proven it to be effective in treating several diagnoses such as depression and anxiety (Corey, 2013). Perhaps the best quality of CBT is the fact that it is known for having an openness to incorporating techniques from other approaches. According to Corey (2013), most forms of CBT can be integrated into other mainstream therapies (p.
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As a social worker, I can see that Marcel may be using drugs and alcohol to cover up some of the emotions that he has, and I believe that he is hiding some depression issues with abusing alcohol and drugs. I would like to use cognitive behavioral therapy in our intervention as well to address some of the underlying issues that Marcel has with depression. CBT works well with individuals who have some type of mental issue. In Marcels case, he happens to have some depression issues, so I believe that CBT will work well to solve some of those issues or to see where these issues are coming from. Cognitive behavioral therapy is a therapy that can be used to achieve a short-term or a long-term goal. It is a problem-solving therapy that focuses on how to solve the current problem that the client may have. It doesn’t put much emphasis on the past and past situations, it focuses more on the here and not. According to the article “Staff Expectations and Views of Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities” has some information that state the same thing. “There is an assumption in CBT that an individual will develop new understanding regarding their cognitive processes and acquire cognitive and behavioral skills during the therapy session which they can then apply independently and successfully in their ‘real world’. This allows the newly
The first therapy to discuss is Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, otherwise know as CBT. The main focus of CBT therapy is a “functional analysis of the thinking and behavioral process” (Content Guide 4, n.d.). This being said, CBT has been effective in the treatment of those struggling with substance
CBT allows the patient to control and change his or her thoughts by changing his or her specific behaviors. There are two parts to CBT, exposure and response prevention. Exposure forces a patient to “stay in contact” with the objects; for example, a person with a fear of germs might hold a dirty dollar bill for an extended period of time. Response prevention ensures that a person does not perform the ritual he would normally; for example, after holding the dollar, he is not allowed to wash his hands. CBT is free of side effects but it does increase a patient’s anxiety level. I believe psychotherapy will work well for patients because it forces them to confront their fears and over an extended period of time. This guarantees the patient faces
Cognitive behavioral therapy commonly known as CBT is a systematic process by which we learn to change our negative thoughts into more positive ones. CBT is a combination of two types of therapy, Cognitive Therapy and Behavioral Therapy. Cognition is our thoughts, so cognitive behavioral therapy combines working with our thought process and changing our behavior at the same time. Cognitive behavioral therapists believe that our behavior and our feelings are influenced by the way we think; also our mood is affected by our behavior and thought process. So CBT tries to tackle our thoughts, feelings and behavior. Scientific research has shown that cognitive behavioral therapy is affective for a wide range of mental health problems. The purpose is to bring positive change by alleviating emotional distress such as depression. CBT starts by breaking down your problems into smaller components, often trying to identify particular problematic thoughts or behavior. Once these problems are broken down it is then suggested a straightforward plan in which the patient and therapist can intervene to promote recovery.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a hands-on form of psychotherapy that is empirically based, which focuses on the interrelationship between emotions, behaviors, and thoughts. Through CBT, patients are able to identify their distorted thinking and modify their beliefs in order to change their behaviors. Once a patient changes their distorted thinking, they are able to think in a more positive and realistic manner. Overall, CBT focuses on consistent problem solving strategies and changing negative thought distortions and negative behavior. There are different types of CBT, which share common elements. Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is a kind of CBT, which falls under the umbrella of CBT.
The Clinical Application of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy. Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is based on the concept that behavior change may be achieved through altering cognitive processes. The assumption underlying the cognitively based therapeutic techniques is that maladaptive cognitive processes lead to maladaptive behaviors and changing these processes can lead to behavior modification. According to Mahoney (1995), an individual's cognitions are viewed as covert behaviors, subject to the same laws of learning as overt behaviors. Since its inception, cognitive-behavior modification has attempted to integrate the clinical concerns of psychodynamic psychotherapists with the technology of behavior therapists (Mahoney, 1995).
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is a counselling model based greatly on talking therapy. It focuses on peoples underlying thoughts and past experiences, and how they influence current habits and behaviours. CBT tries to correct these and learn alternative ways of processing information to alter the undesired behaviour and/or habits. This is done through a combination of cognitive therapy (looking at the ways and things you think) and behavioural therapy (looking at the things you do).
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The therapists help clients develop self-motivation and positive behaviors by embracing rational and logical thoughts. The client is expected to make a follow-up of the ideas and concepts provided by the therapists. Both clients and therapists should be in constant communication to encourage positive thinking and develop logical and rational ideas. Cognitive Behavior Cognitive behavioral therapy is an approach used by psychotherapists to deal with emotional and behavioral behaviors. One of the issues associated with this type of therapy is the approach can be used in the treatment of other diseases related to emotional and physical stress.
Cognitive behavior therapy has been proven to work in many different areas and presenting problems. One area that was not mention above that would significantly improve the outcome of any given therapy is the willingness of the client to accept treatment. The goal of cognitive behavior therapy is to focus on the present and to help the client identify their own strengths, learn new tools or techniques that they can use on their everyday life, and to be able to identify the different thought, emotional, and behavioral patterns that lead to undesirable
Cognitive-behavioural therapy, or as it is commonly referred throughout literature CBT is an integration of Ellis’ (1996) Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) and Becks’ Cognitive Therapy (1976). CBT regards a variety of interventions that share the same basic assumption that mental disorders and psychological distress are sustained by cognitive factors. The central idea of this psychotherapy approach is that maladaptive cognitions contribute to the maintenance of emotional distress and consequently behavioural problems (Beck, 1970; Eliis, 1962). We, as humans, gather information in our brain in certain patterns or schemas that contain general knowledge about that world and the person themselves and these schemas are used to interpret, select and reduce