application

• the aim of CBT is to treat behavioural or emotional disorders eg. depression
• CBT works on the basis of the computer analogy
• most people think the input causes their output (anger or depression) whereas the cognitive approach believes its due to faulty processing
• the therapy aims to challenge faulty internal mental processes
• in the therapy, the client keeps a dysfunctional thought diary to rate their belief in the thought and write a more rational one to then re-rate their original thought
• during cognitive reconstructing, the therapist helps challenge current processes and rebuild new ones
• empirical disputation - ask the client for evidence for their overly negative thought and when the client cant they see their thoughts arent based on reality
• Beck stated that depressed people often have a negative cognitive triad
• negative cognitive triad- negative schemas about themselves, the world and the future
• pleasant activity scheduling can help clients see the enjoyment in the world and build more positive schemas