Cognitive treatments of depression

• What are the two types of therapies for treating depression?


  Beck’s CBT and Ellis’ REBT
• How does CBT help the client fight depression?

  the idea behind the cognitive element is to identify the thoughts within the negative triad and then challenge them. it aims to help the client test the reality of their negative thoughts through the ‘client as scientist’ method. once they i.e record every time they feel good about an event, this is then used to challenge their irrational thoughts.
• How does Ellis’ REBT worl?

  the central technique is to identify and dispute irrational beliefs. this involves vigorous arguing
• what are the two types of arguinng as proposed by Ellis?

  1.Logical argument- disputing that the negative doesn’t logically follow from fact

  2.Empirical argument- disputing whether there’s evidence to back up the irrational beliefs
• what is the goal of behavioural activation and how does it work?


  the goal is to gradually decrease isolation and avoidance by encouraging engagement in activities such as excrcising