Psychological therapies - CBT
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- Created on: 19-05-14 11:25
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- Psychological therapies - CBT
- based on the idea that many problems are a result of irrational thinking
- cognitive element
- the therapist encourages the client to become aware of beliefs that contribute to anxiety/depression
- behavioural element
- the client and therapist decide together how the client's beliefs can reality-tested through experimentation
- the aim is that clients will come to recognise the consequences of their faulty cognitions
- client and therapist then set new goals for the client in order that more realistic and rational beliefs are incorporated into ways of thinking
- REBT
- helps people change dysfunctional emotions and behaviours
- does this by making them aware of their self-defeating beliefs and replacing them with more constructive ones
- Evaluation
- Strengths
- a particular strength of REBT is that it's usefulness is not limited to people suffering from mental disorders but is also useful for people suffering from something like examination anxiety
- REBT can be effective even without an actual therapist - computer-counselling
- meta-analysis by Engels et al. - REBT was shown to be effective in the treatment of a number of different types of disorder
- Limitations
- REBT fails to address irrational environments that exist beyond the therapeutic situation - continue to produce and reinforce irrational thoughts
- REBT does not always work and is not always what people want
- ethics - therapist holds all the power and expertise to 'make the client better'
- Strengths
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