Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Psych 52

ABSTRACT

In this study we try to explore the concept of “Cognitive Behavioral Therapy” in a holistic context. The main focus of the research is on “Cognitive Behavioral Therapy” and its relation with “Psychology”. The research also analyzes many aspects of “Cognitive Behavioral Therapy” and tries to gauge its effect on “Psychology”. Finally the research describes various factors which are responsible for “Cognitive Behavioral Therapy” and tries to describe the overall effect of “Cognitive Behavioral Therapy” on “Psychology”.

Table of Contents

Introduction1

Common Themes and Characteristics2

Application to Offender Population4

Empirical Support for Use with Offenders5

Behavioral Style in Therapy5

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in Drug Abuse Treatment6

Contributions to Model of Relapse Prevention10

Integrated Model of Intervention11

Discussion13

Conclusion14

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Introduction

Cognitive-behavioral therapy (or CBT) is a psychotherapeutic approach that attempts to change the cognitions (i.e., thoughts, beliefs, attitudes, or self-talk) that are influencing problem behaviors. CBT is based on the premise that our thoughts (and not situations, events, or people) cause our feelings and behaviors. As such, the goal of CBT is to employ strategies to identify and monitor the cognitions that maintain problem behavior, and to replace these maladaptive thoughts with more adaptive (i.e., realistic and useful) ones. The historical roots of CBT include the development of behavioral theories at the beginning of the 20th century (i.e., early experimental work on classical and operant conditioning), as well as the emergence of social learning theories and cognitive therapies in the 1960s (Andrews & Bonta, 2006).

The term cognitive-behavioral therapy is used to refer to a collection of specific strategies that share a number of defining themes and common characteristics. CBT interventions are now commonplace in corrections, and the empirical evidence clearly supports the effectiveness of CBT with offender populations.

Cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy (cognitive-behavioral therapy or, CBT) are a group of treatment of mental disorders (phobias , addiction , psychosis , depression , anxiety ...) who share an approach in which the therapy must be based on knowledge, derived of scientific psychology and obey protocols relatively standardized whose validity is said to be based on evidence . Standardizing the practice of CBT has contributed to the recognition of their effectiveness by their reproducibility is a requirement of the scientific process (Ronen, 2008).

Increasingly widely recognized and practiced, the cognitive and behavioral therapies provide health professionals with effective and validated tools in the treatment of many ailments. Based on a scientific experiment, they attach themselves to a rigorous evaluation of their methods and their results. Their information is very broad and covers almost the entire field of mental pathology. They are adapted for adult, child, adolescent and elders. More than the techniques they employ, they share the common theoretical support i.e. theories of learning and model of information processing (Beck, 2009).

Common Themes and Characteristics

Cognitive-behavioral therapy is generally considered being an umbrella term for a number of diverse techniques that merge concepts from behavior therapy and cognitive psychology. Nevertheless, Michael Spiegel and David Guevremont have noted that CBT interventions share four defining themes. First, CBT is committed to the scientific approach, in ...