PSYC 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, Aaron T. Beck, Reality Therapy
23 Mar 2017
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Cognitive therapy: change feelings and behaviours through cognitive restructuring, change irrational/maladaptive thoughts. Albert ellis: develop psychological disorder because of beliefs (irrational and self- defeating) Irrational beliefs: distort reality and prevents you from reaching your goals. Rational-emotive behaviour therapy: challenge dysfunctional beliefs by therapist. Cognitive-behaviourism: rational emotive therapy (ellis) people suffer anxiety, depression, and other psychological problems when activating events (actual event/interpretation of event) are followed by emotional consequences (emotion, thoughts and behaviours) Beck"s cognitive therapy: people learn to challenge the negative views of thinking through. Consequences are the result of problems in how the person thinks about activating events. = personal belief system (evaluations, rational and irrational) Aaron beck: problems arise when people think illogically about themselves, the world, and the future. Negative cognitive triad: think negatively about the self/world/future. open ended convo. Systematic desensitization: combine relaxation and anxiety inducing stimuli. Flooding: exposure to anxiety-provoking stimuli(cid:523)can"t escape(cid:524) change the consequences of the person"s behaviour.
