PSYB45H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 27: Borderline Personality Disorder, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Masturbation
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During 1960s/ 1950s, behaviorally oriented therapists began to treat clients who otherwise would have received traditional types of psychotherapy, such as psychoanalysis: new approach is called behavior therapy, professionals who apply it are known as behavior therapists. Initial focus of behavior therapy was the treatment of clients with fear and anxiety: later extended to anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorders, stress-related problems, depression, marital problems, and sexual dysfunction. In 1966, the association for advancement of behavior therapy (aabt) was established. Both behavioral and cognitive therapy share goals and procedures: cognitive behavior modification or cognitive behavior therapy, 2005, aabt was renamed the association for behavioral and cognitive therapies (abct) Irrational self statements like i always mess up believed to cause anxiety, sadness, anger, or other troublesome emotions. Ellis" approach to therapy was to help people identify such irrational thoughts or beliefs and to replace them with more rational self-statements.
