1. COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL THERAPY

2. 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)

3. RATIONAL EMOTIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY
(ALBERT ELLIS)

4. 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

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

6. 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

7. 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)