Psychological Therapies

• CBT - How can a Therapist help their patient with Hallucinations?

  The therapist can either..

  1. Convince the client that voices come from malfunctioning speech centre in their brain and cannot hurt them
  2. Explain hearing voices is an extension of ordinary experiences of thinking in words
• CBT - How can a Therapist help their patient with Delusions?

  The therapist can..

  • Challenge the Delusions by examining the likelihood that beliefs are true
  • If cannot challenge, CBT tackle anxiety/depression which results from living with SZ
• What does REBT stand for?


  Rational Emotive behaviour therapy
• What does ABCDE stand for in Ellis's ABC(DE) model?

  A - Activating events

  B- Beliefs

  C - Consequences

  D - Disputing

  E- Effect (restructuring belief)
• Does the ABC(DE) lead to reduces stress and management of symptoms?

  Yes!
• Why is the ABC(DE) Model useful?


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