PSYCH 3CB3 Lecture Notes - Systematic Desensitization, Cognitive Distortion, Cognitive Therapy

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Psychotherapy (part ii) behaviour has an agenda, with goals to fulfill years, cognitive is limited to weeks. Cognitive therapy is a very distinct form of psychotherapy, very different. Between two possible explanations, choose the more simpler one, cognitive theories is more cleaner model, more simple, symptoms are the problem whereas in psychoanalysis therapist is almost ambiguous, and the symptoms are underlying of the disease. Cognitive theorist are more in your face, confrontation, talk about themselves to model appropriate. Cognitive therapy is different because it is very structured, goal directed environment, every session. The therapy is time limited, distinguishes it from psychoanalysis which can go often for months or. In that time frame, therapy is present focused, at least in the beginning, not that past is not important, they come up later in the therapy, the focus is understanding, focusing on symptoms of here and now.

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