ARTHIST 2AA3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Automatic Negative Thoughts, Art Therapy, Cognitive Restructuring
23 Oct 2018
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Psychological distress is largely a function of disturbances of cognitive processes, and thus changing cognition can produce desired changes in affect and behavior. Art tasks and cbt techniques are used to assist children in crisis to depict their experiences, with the goal of reframing their emotions and negative thoughts and reducing the sequelae of their posttraumatic stress. To (cid:271)(cid:396)eak the fi(cid:396)st (cid:271)a(cid:396)(cid:396)ie(cid:396) i(cid:374) a(cid:396)t i(cid:374) cbt, a(cid:448)oid usi(cid:374)g the (cid:449)o(cid:396)d (cid:862)a(cid:396)t(cid:863), i(cid:374)stead use (cid:862)i(cid:373)age(cid:863) because it less controversial and is actually more accurate for what is produced in cbt sessions. In cbt there is a tradition of using mental imagery as a method of practicing new emotional patterns. Clients must imagine themselves thinking/feeling/behaving the way they would like to. How to bring art into cbt: client is offered to collaborate with the therapist in designing creative activities to support and enhance behavioral change.
