CBT

• Who discovered CBT?

  Beck
• What is identified?

  • automatic thoughts about the world, self and future - the negative triad.
  • once identified these thoughts must be challenged
• What does this therapy help patients to do?

  Test the reality of their beliefs
• What is the general aim of ANY COGNITIVE THERAPY?

  To change a persons maladaptive thought processes to more adaptive ones

  • eg maladaptive cognitions --> adaptive cognitions
• what does CBT stand for?

  Cognitive behavioural therapy
• is CBT free?

  yes, under the NHS
• what does CBT combine?

  cognitive therapy and behavioural therapy
• what are the steps to CBT (briefly)?

  1. thought catching
  2. the patient becomes the scientist
  3. thought diary review
• explain THOUGHT CATCHING?

  The psychologist must identify the negative thoughts the patient is having

  this may be broken down into the negative triad
• explain THE PATIENT BECOMES THE SCIENTIST?


  It's crucial the patient begins to COLLECT EVIDENCE to refute their negative thoughts

  This is set as HOMEWORK

  This is sometimes called a THOUGHT DIARY
• Explain THOUGHT DIARY REVIEW?


  • If in future sessions the patient says 'nobody likes me', the therapist can PRODUCE THE EVIDENCE they collected themselves to challenge this
  • The therapist then suggests, with the patient, a more adaptive thought to have

  COGNITIVE RESTRUCTURING- the patients way of thinking has now been changed