COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR THERAPY
Key Figures/Founders:Albert Ellis 1913-2007
Aaron T. Beck 1921-
Judith S. Beck 1954-
Donald Meichenbaum 1940
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| Donald Meichenbaum |
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| Albert Ellis |
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Aaron T. Beck
CONCEPTS:
View of Human Nature
Based on the idea that humans are born with both straight crooked thinking.
View of emotional disturbance
REBT is the basic idea that we learn our crooked beliefs from other people in our life during our childhood and
continue to re-create these beliefs throughout the rest of our life.
A-B-C framework
A = activating event, B = belief, C= emotional and behavioral consequence. The reaction to the client can be both
healthy and/or unhealthy. A can effect C. (Corey, 2012)
THERAPEUTIC GOALS:
Ellis has the belief that as individuals we tend to rate ourselves as either good or bad and further that we rate our total self based on our performances. (Corey, 2012)
TECHNIQUES:
Cognitive methods - Including disputing rational belief, cognitive homework, psychoeducational ethods, etc.
Disrupting irrational beliefs - The therapist educates the client on how to do self-challenging on themselves with irrational beliefs.
Cognitive homework - Therapist has client make list of their issues and their beliefs and then dispute those beliefs.
Bibliotherapy - An adjuntive type of treatment due to costs.
Psychoeducational - Introducing the client to educational resources.
Role playing - Therapist interrupts client to indicate what the client is really telling themselves. This creates a different way of thinking and shows the clients belief is unhealthy.
Shame-attack exercise - Technique used to help client reduce their level of shame and/or guilt about their life.
Behavior technique - Used in real life situations and are most often done by clients doing homework. (Corey, 2012)
References
Corey, G. (2012). Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy (9th edition).
Belmont, CA
Brooks/Cole.
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