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How Cognitive Behavior Therapy Defines the Counselor's way of Being

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How Cognitive Behavior Therapy Defines the Counselor's way of Being

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Counselors practicing CBT with clients will engage with their clients in finding the thoughts which are leading to their negative way of thinking. The therapists will guide the client to locating these thoughts and help encourage the client to create a different perspective to reduce the issue that is currently effecting them. If we as the counselor can assist our client in locating their way of thinking which is currently leading to negative feelings and thoughts in a way of reshaping them to create a more positive outlook then our clients will find a new way of thinking. CBT therapists are targeting these negative thoughts in order to alter them and recreate the scenario for the client.

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Detailed Explanation of the Theory’s Explanation of how people get Better

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Detailed Explanation of the Theory’s Explanation of how people get Better

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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is thought to assist clients in identifying and evaluating automatic thoughts. This allows our clients to think more realistically leading to high emotional stability and the ability to behave more functionally. When individuals are able to alter their underlying beliefs about themselves individually,  then they are thought to create a long lasting change. This allows the client to develop a new perspective and therefore change their view on these factors.

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Social Anxiety Disorder

CBGT is used often with individuals with Social Anxiety Disorder as it can help build confidence in safe, social situations and help individuals meet others with similar cognitive distortions. Exposure is

large component of CBGT for those with Social Anxiety Disorder, both within the group and as homework outside of the group.

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

CBGT has proven to be very effective in groups of survivors of PTSD. Research has shown that individuals have made the most progress when in groups with individuals who had similar traumatic experiences as the bonds can build stronger in these groups.

Depression

CBGT is used for individuals with Depression, specifically mild to moderate depression. Groups focusing specifically on individuals with depression have proven to be effective as individuals can relate to others in the group and learn from each other.

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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Group Counseling

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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Group Counseling

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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used frequently in groups as it can create a sense of comfort and belonging. It is even referred to as Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy, or CBGT. In the group environment, participants are able to benefit from others' experiences and group members can help other members identify cognitive distortions. In groups, participants can also learn from other members, model their behaviors, and role-play with others.

In the group environment, the therapist can engage the individual, expand the intervention to the group, then focus back in on the individual client while involving other participants in the conversation. Foundational techniques of individual CBT can be used in groups, such as homework, journaling, and modeling with a focus on behaviors and thoughts.

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National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome

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Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors

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Guided Discovery; Learning Cognitive Behavior Therapy

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Therapists can use a variety of different techniques in the course of CBT to help clients reach their goals of changing their cognitions, behaviors, and moods.  Homework is a common practice among Cognitive Behavioral Therapists. Homework allows clients to reflect on and reinforce ideas outside of their therapy sessions, practice or use techniques learned, and continue to self-reflect in different environments. Other common techniques include:

Journaling: Clients use journals to write about their day to day situations and their thoughts and emotions about them. Journals can then be reviewed in counseling sessions to review how clients' thoughts can often influence behaviors.

Guided Discovery: Therapists 'guide' clients through a series of questions to help the client recognize and understand their cognitive distortions.

Modeling: Therapists can role-play with clients to model appropriate responses to situations .

Validity Testing: Therapists question the validity of thoughts of clients to help expose the invalidity of the beliefs.

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Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy

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CBT Expert - Aaron T. Beck, M.D. - Automatic Thought

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Cognitive-Behavioral-Therapy Cognitive-Therapy Cognitive-Behavior-Therapy CBT Dr. Aaron Beck, at a recent training event, recounts his discovery of the automatic thought and other CBT-seesion or CBT-research moments and findings that led to him developing Cognitive Therapy.

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Beck specifically conducted a large amount of detailed research on the psychological aspects and psychosocial treatment of chroic, low functioning individuals with schizophrenia which showed that the main element is these individuals tendency to withdraw from important scenarios in life and their negative attitudes about performance and socialization. These qualities lead to failure and rejection, however, after extensive research Beck and his colluegues found that CBT can improve these individuals actions and beliefs as well as improving social and vocational adjustment. This is such a huge deal because research has shown that individuals with schizophrenia are generally not phased by psychological and pharamacological interventions.

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Beck was the first to provide a framework for the identification and assessment of suicidal actions and behavior. One of the biggest aspects of this was his identification or the clinical and psychological variables of predicting suicide with the highest clue being hopelessness and hopelessness was proven to be highly responsive to cognitive therapy in return reducing suicidal risk. Beck's research revealed that a very brief (specifically 10 weeks) cognitive intervention held a great reduction or suicidal reattempts over time.

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Beck designed and administered many experiments in attempt to test psychoanalytic concepts of depression. Beck was surprised by his findings as they were opposite of what he hypothesized. After his initial findings, Beck began searching for alternative ways of understanding and explaining depression. Beck found that individuals with depression tend to experience episodes of negative or undesirable thoughts which appeared to arise spontaneously. Beck labeled these thoughts as "automatic thoughts" which he then sorted into three categories including negative ideas about themselves, the world, and the future.

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Why Individuals Become Maladjusted: From a CBT Standpoint

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Why Individuals Become Maladjusted: From a CBT Standpoint

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Beck uses the scientific method to address individual's dysfunctional or inappropriate interpretation and expectations. Individuals are to question their dysfunctional beliefs as well as misinterpretations which prompts them to look into their conclusions leading to reconsideration of alternative explanations. Beck's contributions to conceptualization of treating mental disorders are displayed in three areas including: Depression, Suicide, and Schizophrenia.

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History of Aaron T. Beck and Philosophical views and Beliefs 

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History of Aaron T. Beck and Philosophical views and Beliefs 

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Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) was initiated by Dr. Aaron T. Beck stemming from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy while working as a psychiatrist at the University of Pennsylvania. Beck received his education from Brown University and Yale Medical School.  Beck believed that individuals learn from questioning their beliefs and misinterpretations leading to reconsideration. It was through this thought process that Beck found it possible for people to discover different explanations rather than the same thoughts possessed before.