SLWK 606 Chapter Notes - Chapter 18: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Brainstorming
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The goal in cognitive behavior therapy is to facilitate remission of patients" disorders and to teach them skills they can use throughout their lifetime. Be alert for opportunities to reinforce patients for their progress. Teaching and using tools/techniques learned in therapy. Stress that these are lifelong aids that patient can use in a number of situations now and in the future. Breaking down big problems into manageable components. Identifying, testing, and responding to automatic thoughts and beliefs. Creating hierarchies of avoided tasks or situations. Identifying advantages and disadvantages (of specific thoughts, beliefs, behaviors, or choices when making a decision). Ask patients to imagine what will go through their mind if they start to feel worse. Discuss tapering sessions several weeks before termination. List advantages of trying to reduce the frequency of visits. When they fail to see advantages, elicit disadvantages, then use guided discovery to help patients identify advantages and help them reframe the disadvantages.
