Cognitive Behavioral Model: A Case Study

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Treatment Model Cognitive behavioral therapy or CBT examines the relationships between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors (NAMI.org, n.d.). Cognitive behavioral therapy is the brainchild of Dr. Aaron Beck as an alternative treatment modality to treat individuals with depression (beckinstitute.org, n.d.). Dr. Beck discovered that patients with depression shared thoughts that arose unexpectedly and the thoughts were normally negative . Beck discovered that irrational thoughts could be categorized into three categories – self, world, and future (beckinstitute.org, n.d.). CBT examines an individual’s environment, personality, and concludes that learned behaviors, the need to assimilate, and traumatic or unfortunate events help foster irrational thinking in individual’s (beckinstitute, n.d.). We develop learned behaviors across our lifespan, which anchor our values, beliefs, morals, and goals. Some learned beliefs or images convert into “shoulds, oughts, and musts or SOM’s” . When we convert our SOM’s into needs, we create irrational views. CBT aids individuals by identifying their irrational thoughts, dissecting the irrational thoughts, and recreating the irrational thoughts into rational thoughts. CBT …show more content…

First, CBT grants adolescents permission to replace their drinking or drug use/abuse with less risky behavior by recognizing reasoning and consequences of their use, avoiding those circumstances, if possible, and effectively coping with problems, issues, or concerns that lead to increased use and abuse. Second, CBT allows adolescents and therapists to work collaboratively to identify the specific thoughts, feelings, and circumstances the adolescent had before and after drinking or using drugs. Thirdly, CBT is effective in individual counseling, group counseling, and family

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