Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 35: Cognitive Therapy

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

Document Summary

This week: cogniive therapy, efeciveness of psychotherapy, group therapy. Final exam april 19th 9am-12am (alumni hall 15) Review session april 14th 10am ssc 2050. Ellis & beck believe that thought paterns produce problems that you have, to cure you you need to igure out your thought patern. Concerned with patern of thoughts: here and now rather than the past o o. Very direcive (cogniive-behavioural) give you things to do and change your behaviour and the way you think. Ret abnormal behaviour results from faulty and irraional thinking. Replace with raional thoughts and behavioural problems will disappear. People make unrealisic demands on themselves and others as a result you cannot live up to those demands. It is necessary for an adult to be loved and approved by almost everyone for virtually everything you will get in trouble trying to get this. Note: the close ainity with behaviour therapy, looking at thought.