I am strong.
Who originated Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy?
Albert Ellis
Ellis believed that ___ of self and others was at the core of many emotional disturbances.
Blame
What are the three basic musts?
I must do well and be loved and approved by others. Other people must treat me fairly, kindly and well. The world and my living conditions must be comfortable, gratifying, and just, providing me with all that I want in life.
Describe the A-B-C framework as it relates to REBT theory. Include all letters.
Activating Event / Belief about the event / Consequence (emotional or behavioral reaction, either healthy or unhealthy) / Disputing Intervention / Effective Philosophy / New Feelings
In the REBT framework, do antecedents cause consequences?
No, B (beliefs) about A (activating event) is largely what creates C (consequences)
A goal of REBT is to assist clients in the process of achieving acceptance in what three areas?
Unconditional Self-Acceptance (USA) / Unconditional Other-Acceptance (UOA) / Unconditional Life Acceptance (ULA)
Emphasis on the here and now
preferences
What is a form of intense mental practice designed to establish new emotional patterns in place of disruptive ones by thinking in healthy ways?
Rational Emotive Imagery (REI)
In the REBT framework, what are the three components of the D (Disputing) process?
Detecting / Debating / Discriminating
What are the three parts of Beck's negative cognitive triad?
Self-Criticism (negative thoughts about self) / Pessimism (negative thoughts about the world)/ Hopelessness (negative thoughts about the future)
in cognitive therapy, the client's misconceptions and faulty assumptions are called ___.
cognitive distortions
A form of cognitive distortion that refers to making conclusions without supporting and relevant evidence, including catastrophizing.
arbitrary inference
What is the term for forming conclusions based on an isolated detail of an event while ignoring other information and missing the significance of the total context?
selective abstraction
What is a process of holding extreme beliefs on the basis of a single incident and applying them inappropriately to dissimilar events or settings?
overgeneralization
What is perceiving a case or situation in a greater or lesser light than it truly deserves?
magnification and minimization
What is a tendency for individuals to relate external events to themselves, even when there is no basis for making this connection?
personalization
Portraying one's identity on the basis of imperfections and mistakes made in the past and allowing them to define one's true identity.
labeling and mislabeling
What involves categorizing experiences in either-or extremes?
dichotomous thinking
What is a reflective questioning process used in cognitive therapy in which the therapist collaborates with the client in testing the validity of their cognitions?
collaborative empiricism
In SB-CBT, therapists and clients co-create a ___ which is their version of how they would like to be and how they would like the difficult areas of their life to be.
NEW Paradigm
What are the three phases of change proposed by Meichenbaum?
What is the three-stage model for stress inoculation training?
conceptual-educational phase / skills acquisition and consolidation phase / application and follow-through phase
A process that cognitive therapists use in helping clients empirically test their core beliefs. Clients form hypotheses about their behavior through observation and monitoring.
Socratic dialogue