NURS 3400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Socratic Questioning, Cognitive Therapy, Guided Imagery
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Cognitive therapy: is a type of psychotherapy based on the concept of pathological mental processing. The focus of treatment is on the modification of distorted cognitions and maladaptive behaviors. Techniques of cognitive therapy: didactic (educational) aspects. Basic principle that is used to eventually prepare the client to become his or her own cognitive therapist: cognitive techniques. Strategies include recognizing and modifying automatic thoughts (cognitive errors) and recognizing and modifying schemas (core beliefs: recognizing automatic thoughts and schemas. The therapist questions the client about his or her situation. The client is asked to describe feelings associated with specific situations. Through guided imagery the client is asked to relieve the stressful situation by imagining the setting in which it occurred. The client is asked to keep a written record of situations that occur and the automatic thoughts that are elicited by the situations: modifying automatic thoughts and schemas.