What are the goals and techniques of the cognitive therapies and of cognitive-behavioral therapy?

What are the goals and techniques of the cognitive therapies and of cognitive-behavioral therapy?



The cognitive therapies, such as Aaron Beck's cognitive therapy for depression, assume that our thinking influences our feelings, and that the therapist's role is to change clients' self-defeating thinking by training them to view themselves in more positive ways. Rational-emotive behavior therapy is a confrontational cognitive therapy that, actively challenges irrational beliefs. The widely researched and practiced cognitive-behavioral therapy combines cognitive therapy and behavior therapy by helping clients regularly act out their new ways of thinking and talking in their everyday life.

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

What is JAD and how are users involved? What are advantages and disadvantages of JAD?

JAD Advantages and Disadvantages

What are the three dimensions to business problems? Give an example of each.