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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Models, Delivery, and Evidence

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Summary

This lesson introduces cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), its central purpose, and the historical development of its three waves. Understanding this background helps explain why CBT includes both practical behavior-change methods and approaches to thoughts and attention.

Cognitive behavioral therapy is a form of psychotherapy that combines ideas from cognitive psychology and behaviorism. It aims to reduce distress by helping people notice and reconsider unhelpful thoughts and assumptions, while also learning and practicing more adaptive behaviors.

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What is cognitive behavioral therapy?
A form of psychotherapy combining cognitive and behavioral principles to reduce distress by addressing unhelpful thinking patterns and developing more adaptive behaviors.
What does problem-focused CBT involve?
Identifying specific difficulties and working collaboratively on practical cognitive and behavioral strategies to address them.
What characterized the first wave of CBT?
An emphasis on behavior, learning, and conditioning, including methods such as systematic desensitization.
What characterized the second wave of CBT?
Greater emphasis on cognition, including REBT and Beck's cognitive therapy, alongside behavioral methods.
What characterized the third wave of CBT?
Greater emphasis on mindfulness, acceptance, and a person's relationship to thoughts and emotions.

Quiz questions

  1. What does Socratic questioning involve in CBT?Answer: Using questions to examine evidence for beliefs and consider alternatives.
  2. How can a therapist establish a behavioral baseline during CBT assessment?Answer: By measuring the behavior's frequency, duration, or intensity.
  3. What is the therapeutic alliance in CBT?Answer: A cooperative working relationship between practitioner and client.
  4. What distinguishes computerized CBT from ordinary online learning?Answer: It delivers CBT through interactive digital interfaces.
  5. Why is double-blinding difficult in psychotherapy trials?Answer: Clients and therapists generally know which treatment is being provided.

Based on the Wikipedia article Cognitive behavioral therapy, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Adapted into a summary, flashcards and quizzes.

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