Asks clients to identify their beliefs related to secondary emotional or behavioral consequence Help client see connection between beliefs and the emotions Crux of REBT theory (Vernon, 2011) Leads to goal setting Once there is an agreed-upon goal, counselor/therapist initiates disputing Various types Employed mildly or vigorously Didactic-informational Socratic Approach- involves questioning that gives client insight into the irrationality of their thinking Functional dispute- purpose is to question the practically of the clients irrational beliefs Empirical dispute- helps client evaluate the factual aspects of their beliefs Logical dispute- helps client see how illogical it is to escalate their desires and preferences into demands Philosophical dispute- helps client develop perspective (Vernon, 2011) Help client develop more effective beliefs Accomplished by asking client to identify more effective thoughts to help attain goal Counselor/therapist collaborates with client in- Selecting meaningful homework assignments That help client practice new learning and maintain change Maintaining Change Counselors/therapists recognize that clients backslide Therefore teaching client that it will take work and practice to maintain change Ultimate goal is to help client develop Effective new beliefs or philosophy Effective new feelings Interventions Traditional Intervention Strategies Multimodal emphasis- counselor/therapist utilizes many cognitive, emotive, and behavioral…
Throughout the program, one of the methods or strategies used was cognitive restructuring by Albert Ellis’s Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT). Cognitive restructuring teaches people on how to change their self-defeating thoughts to self-enhancing thoughts. Not only that, muscle relaxation also has help people to cope with living stressed by doing both muscle and mental relaxation. According to Albert Ellis, people contribute to their own psychological problems as well as to specific symptoms, by the rigid and extreme belief they hold about events or situations (Corey, 2013). In other words, irrational thoughts and beliefs hinder one from attaining their goals and creates emotional distress.…
Swales, M., Heard, H., & Williams J. (2000). Linehan 's Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) for borderline personality disorder: Overview and adaptation. Journal of Mental Health, 9(1) 7.…
Dialectical Therapy - originally developed for parasuicidal patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD).Modifications have now been developed for…
In reality therapy, the environment or counseling or psychotherapeutic atmosphere includes which of the following?…
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) was developed by Marsha Linehan in 1993 (Swales, Heard, & Williams, 2000). According to Swales, Heard, and Williams (2000), DBT is structured, time-limited, cognitive behavioral treatment.…
Behavioral Activation Therapy focus on the consequences of behavior, counselors encourage clients to achieve their goals, behaviour that interferes with achieving goals is discouraged, this is a true operant conditioning model. An example of this be, suppose a client believes that no one likes them, Other counseling theories would try to convince the client that this isn’t true, but a counselor practicing behavioral activation therapy would ask the client “What are the consequences of this behavior. The consequences of this behavior would be, avoiding people and having no friends, the client wants’ friends, and acknowledges that avoiding people prevents him from having friends, so the counselor will encourage the client to interact with people in order to achieve the goal of having friends.…
There are many abnormal psychological disorders in the DSM-IV along with various treatment options for them. The American Psychological Association’s (APA) lists that these types of disorders are genetic and learned. The main focus is of one of the possible treatments for the Axis II disorder known as borderline personality disorder (BPD) and that is Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). Through a discovery of its usefulness for individuals with this disorder, the defining data will either prove or disprove DBT as a viable treatment for BPD. By focusing on BPD as a known learned disorder we find that the discovery of which patients benefit from this certain type of treatment is important. Exploring if this treatment eases the existing symptoms of BPD is necessary and so is finding if there are some, who do not benefit from this treatment or find ease from it. We will discuss borderline personality disorder, the symptoms, and typical treatments.…
In our society there are several forms of behavioral and social development concerns. To help people cope with these psychological concerns there are a wide range of therapies, techniques and approaches, such as psychotherapy. Psychotherapy is a systematic interaction between a therapist and someone who is suffering from mental or emotional issues, with the goal of providing support or relief to overcome their psychological disorder (Rathus, 2012). There are several therapeutic methods that can be used by therapists, but ultimately the situation and the client will dictate which one is appropriate. Psychoanalytic therapy, Humanistic therapy, Behavior therapy, Cognitive therapy, Group therapy, and Biological therapy are all effective therapeutic methods of helping clients cope with their psychological disorder.…
Rape is a traumatic experience that affects every aspect of a man or woman’s life. The psychological impacts of sexual trauma are different to each survivor and victim. There are not standard or a particular of recovery process for the effects of sexual abuse or rape. In short, a one-size-fits-all treatment approach would be the furthest from a successful strategy. The recovery for rape and sexual abuse trauma is a slow process, but has been proven that one can heal from it. In Veronica’s case, the selection of treatment strategies and techniques depend on the primary areas of difficulty; main areas of difficulty consist of Axis 1 disorders: post traumatic stress disorder, major depressive disorder, and substance abuse (cannabis). Also, according…
This article states that the individual with BPD does not seek mental health care to have their personality transformed; rather, they want help for their depression, family and work lives. The article points out that the individual with BPD is hard to treat because they can misinterpret neutral comments made by the therapist as hostile. What does help the therapist treat the borderline individual is to set clear rules and boundaries, and perhaps have an informal agreement set up with goals and plans. The therapist must guide the client towards taking more responsibility for his or her behavior, especially when it comes to the suicidal client. The article does talk about dialectical behavior…
Applied behavior analysis can be used in all walks of life; it 's amazing to see how beneficial it can be to enhance someone 's life such as helping to improve an athlete 's game to change classroom behaviors. For the two scenarios the rationale for each selected behavioral modification strategy will be explained, discuss behavioral chaining, using of token economies for classrooms, mastering units of behavior, and end by discussing the role of back up reinforcers.…
In order to overcome behavioral problems such as anxiety, depression or fear, individuals usually communicate their problems or anxieties with their trusted friends or family members. In case of a somewhat complicated problem, a counselor is consulted. These are a relatively simple form of psychotherapies that individuals have been practicing from centuries. However, with the development of modern science and advancements in the field of psychology, theorists have identified some more effective approaches for psychoanalysis. The most noticeable work in this regard was done by Sigmund Freud who was the first to develop modern techniques for psychoanalysis. Despite of the fact that Freud’s approaches towards psychoanalysis have received considerable criticism, they have proved to be beneficial in solving behavioral problems. It should be noted that the development of psychotherapy has been used as a means to solve behavioral problems from centuries. Although, modern approaches towards psychoanalysis are somewhat different from the indigenous methods, they are some similarities in terms of their theories.…
In addition to Beck, Albert Ellis contributed to the development of a cognitive based theory in his combination of humanism, philosophy, and behavior therapy when he formed rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT). Ellis continues to provide therapy and speaking engagements as a means of continuing his work and developing this form of psychotherapy.…
There are many behaviors that I participate in that negatively impact my health. One of the behaviors that I would like to examine is my habit of pressing snooze on my alarm; this behavior impacts me dramatically because almost every day I end up waking five minutes before I have to leave my house. Directly related to this behavior is my abnormal sleeping patterns. One day I will sleep approximately 4 hours and try to make up for the lack of sleep the next day with on average 14 hours of sleep. With this project I am to find strategies that will help me to maintain an ordinary sleep pattern so that I do not feel the need to press snooze repeatedly on my alarm.…