Techniques
People to Know
CBT vs. Other Theoretical Approaches
Cognitive Distortions
CBT Concepts
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What is a Thought Record or Mood Log?

A self-monitoring technique where a client charts triggering situations, emotional reactions, and automatic thoughts on a worksheet.

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Who is the father of CBT?
Aaron T. Beck
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What does CBT stand for?

Cognitive Behavior Therapy

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Nothing ever goes the way I want it to.

Overgeneralizing

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What does ANTS stand for?
Automatic Negative Thoughts
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What is systematic desensitization?
A CBT technique where the client proceeds through a hierarchy of imagined scenes starting with the least anxiety provoking and moving to the most anxiety provoking while practicing relaxation techniques.
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Who developed Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)?

Marsha Linnehan

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What is Behavioral Therapy?

Unlike CBT this theoretical approach isn't interested in cognition but focuses on what a person does.

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I'm a loser and can't do anything right.

Labeling Black and white thinking

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What are considered the three main components of CBT?
Thoughts, Feelings (Emotions), and Behaviors
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What is bibliotherapy?
The use of reading books in conjunction with therapy.
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Who is Albert Ellis?

The person who developed Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT).

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How many times could a person visit a therapist for psychoanalytic treatment in a week?

three to five times

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It's all           's fault. If they had been more        , than this wouldn't be happening...

Blaming

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What are core beliefs?

Thoughts, developed from life events, a person has that determine how they interpret their experiences

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What is Socratic Questioning?

A series of focused and/or open ended questions that encourage reflection and increase insight/awareness.

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Who is associated with psychoanalysis?

Sigmund Freud

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What are the ABC's of REBT?

A. Activating event occurs B. You have a Belief or irrational thought about the situation C. You have an emotional reaction/Consequence to the belief.

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I should have never made that phone call.

Should statements

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What are cognitive distortions?

Negative or irrational patterns of thinking that are not based on reality

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What is in vivo exposure?
Intervention where the client and therapist work together in the actual situations in which the client's problems arise.
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Who are Steven Hayes and Stefan Hofmann?

The authors of Process Based CBT

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What is the goal of psychoanalysis?

 To bring unconscious material into consciousness and enhance ego strength

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I am not going to even say anything, I already know they are going to get mad at me.

Fortune Telling

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What is Cognitive Reframing?

Cognitive reframing is the process by which such situations or thoughts are challenged and then changed.

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