main components

• the main components of CBT:

  • dysfunctional thought diary
  • cognitive restructuring
  • pleasant activity scheduling
• cognitive restructuring- breaking down faulty thought processes and rebuild rational ones
• one example of cognitive restructuring is empirical disputation
• empirical disutation= the therapist asks the client to provide evidence for their irrational thoughts as by not being able to the client realises the thoughts arent based on reality
• once the dysfunctional thoughts have been broken down , the therapist can help the client learn alternative ways of thinking
• The behavioural part of CBT is pleasant activity scheduling
• a pleasant activity should produce a sense of accomplishment or a total break from routine
• pleasant activity planning will provide pleasant emotions, distract the person from negative thougths and reinforce a more positive view of the world
• the client then changes their behaviour (behavioural activation) from negative thinking and behaviour towards positive