COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL THERAPY

PREJUDICE “Nothing is good or bad, but thinking makes it so,” the Teacher said. When asked to explain he said, “A man cheerfully observed a religious fast seven days a week. His neighbor starved to death on the same diet.”(One Minute Wisdom- Anthony de Mello)

RATIONAL EMOTIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY (ALBERT ELLIS)

BASIC ASSUMPTIONS PEOPLE CAN BE RATIONAL OR IRRATIONAL (ENVIRONMENT AND BIOLOGY) EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS ARE A RESULT OF FAULTY THINKING (BLAME AND COGNITIVE DISTORTIONS) * NEEDS VERSUS PREFERENCES A-B-C PRINCIPAL OF EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE

ASSESSMENT & DIAGNOSIS ASSESSING FOR PATTERNS OF THINKING PAYING ATTENTION TO CLIENT’S LANGUAGE (MUSTS AND SHOULDS; ABSOLUTES) COGNITIVE DISTORTIONS MISTAKEN BELIEFS

GOALS AND PROCEDURES CURING UNREASON WITH REASON POINTING OUT ILLOGICAL THINKING (COGNITIVE DISPUTATION) THOUGHT STOPPING REFRAMING THE USE OF HUMOR EDUCATION ON SELF-INDOCTRINATION CONFRONTATION (ABSOLUTES) PERSUASION RATIONAL EMOTIVE IMAGERY

GOALS AND PROCEDURES MINIMIZATION OF THERAPEUTIC RELATIONSHIP (UNCONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE) THE USE OF AFFIRMATIONS THE THERAPIST AS A TEACHER THE USE OF HOMEWORK BIBLIOTHERAPY SHAME ATTACKING IN VIVO DESENSITIZATION (EXPOSURE TO THREATENING STIMULI)