PSYB45H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 27: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Aaron T. Beck, Cognitive Restructuring
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Approaches to behavior therapy: cognitive restructuring; self-directed coping methods; and mindfulness and acceptance procedures. Cognitive processes or cognitions are verbalizations or images that are frequently called believing, thinking, expecting, or perceiving. The basic assumption of cognitive therapy is that problems requiring psychotherapy are caused by dysfunctional cognitions or faulty thinking. Early behavior therapists noted certain similarities between the goals and procedures of cognitive therapists and their own. Cognitive therapists, in turn, adopted some behavior modification methods: out of this mutual appreciation an area grew that came to be known as cognitive behavior modification or cognitive behavior therapy. Thus, two stages in behavioral approaches to psychotherapy occurred: (1) behavior therapy and (2) cognitive behavior therapy. These two stages have been followed by a third stage, called the third wave of behavior therapy or third-generation behavior therapies. It follows from these assumptions that the primary focus of psychotherapy is to fu(cid:374)da(cid:373)e(cid:374)tall(cid:455) (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ge a (cid:272)lie(cid:374)t"s (cid:272)og(cid:374)itio(cid:374)s.
