Key Figures: Albert Ellis, Aaron BeckTheory: Maladaptive behavior is associated with patterns of thinking and response which do not result in mentally healthy outcomes.
Treatment: The goal of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is to change or substitute these patterns with more realistic and useful thoughts and responses.
Relevance: It is used to treat depression, anxiety disorders, phobias, and other forms of mental disorders. Medication is often used in conjunction with this approach to treat mood disorders and more severe forms of mental disorders. Schools of psychotherapy associated with this discipline are Rational Emotive Therapy, Rational Behavior Therapy, Rational Living Therapy, Cognitive Therapy, and Dialectic Behavior Therapy.
BECK (Cognitive Therapy)
Identification of automatic thoughts similar to preconscious. Depressed individuals this internal dialog is negatively oriented resulting in low self-esteem and negative self-concept. Cognitive Therapy and Beck Depression Inventory utilize Clients Thought Patterns (Cognitive Schema).
Beck's Cognitive Therapy is most effective for treating phobias and depression. The client's difficulties are a result of a distorted construction of reality in three levels:
1. View of Self
2. View of Experiences
3. View of the Future
Beck believes that when a client changes his or her thinking, biochemical changes occur in the brain which results in the client feeling better and less depressed.
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