PSYC 1301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Group Psychotherapy, Therapeutic Relationship, Family Therapy
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Rational emotive theory (rebt): cognitive-behavioral therapy in which clients are directly challenged in their irrational beliefs and helped to restructure their thinking into more rational belief statements. Cbt is successful in treating depression, stress disorders, and anxiety: has been criticized for focusing on the symptoms of disordered behavior. Family counseling: family members meet together with a counselor to resolve problems that affect the entire family. Self-help group: a group that has similar problems that meet together to discuss and problem solve for emotional and social support. Group therapy is most useful to : people (cid:449)ho ca(cid:374)"t afford i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual therapy, may obtain social and emotional support from the group members. Advantages of group therapy: low cost, social interaction with other people with similar problems, social and emotional support from people with similar problems. Disadvantages of group therapy: has to share therapists time with other people in group, lack of private setting.
