Psychology 2310A/B Lecture Notes - Behavioral Activation, Cognitive Therapy, Attachment Theory

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2310A/B
• Professor: Rod Martin

Document Summary

I"m terrible, things around me are terrible, it wont get better . Jumping to conclusions mind reading: i didn"t get a text back, so this person hates me is very serious and it is inevitable. Should statements feelings of guilt towards yourself, anger towards others, etc: emotional reasoning you think your emotions reflect reality, leads to depressive cognitive triad self, world, future. Prevention of relapse: develop strategies for dealing with slip ups in the future, what caused the depression and what made it get worse. Social support: lack of social support is related to depression, conflicts with close others, family. Interpersonal therapy (ipt: theory: depression is due to problems in relationships with others, grief, relationship loss death, breakup, divorce, etc, role transitions getting married, moving out, having children, etc. Interpersonal role disputes conflicts with others (parents, partner, etc) Interpersonal skills deficits problems with forming relationships, dealing with conflict, etc (may go back to problems as a child with family members)