CBT

• What is the main assumption of the cognitive approach in CBT?

  Thought processes influence emotions and behaviors
• According to the cognitive approach, what causes poor mental health?

  Faulty thinking
• What is the primary aim of CBT?

  To change faulty thinking patterns
• How does CBT aim to improve a client's mental health?

  By changing the faulty thinking patterns
• What do therapists aim to change when a client has faulty internal mental processes?

  Perception and memory
• What therapeutic technique involves questioning the evidence for a client's perceptions?

  Cognitive restructuring
• What can the client often realize by testing their perceptions in real-world situations?

  That their perceptions are wrong
• What are schemas?

  Packets of knowledge which affect perception
• Which cognitive concept leads to depression?

  Beck's cognitive triad
• What is the aim of CBT regarding schemas?

  To change negative schemas
• What are the three main stages of CBT?

  • Conceptualisation stage
  • Skills acquisition and application
  • Ending treatment
• What happens during the conceptualization stage of CBT?

  Building relationship, exploring thoughts, setting goals
• What occurs during the skills acquisition and application stage of CBT?

  Restructuring thoughts, teaching new thinking, assigning homework
• What happens during the ending treatment stage of CBT?

  Agree on completion and arrange follow-up
• How does faulty thinking relate to mental health according to the cognitive approach?

  It leads to poor mental health
• What is the overall goal of cognitive restructuring?

  To impact client perceptions
• How do schemas impact an individual?

  Affect how individuals perceive the world
• Why is keeping a dysfunctional thought diary a helpful CBT homework task?

  Reinforces new ways of thinking
• What is the goal of scheduling in pleasant activities?

  Reinforcing new ways of thinking