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Who founded rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT)?
Who founded rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT)?
Albert Ellis
What are some examples of issues that may be addressed with REBT?
What are some examples of issues that may be addressed with REBT?
In REBT, the 'normal' person is self-accepting, other accepting, and life-accepting.
In REBT, the 'normal' person is self-accepting, other accepting, and life-accepting.
True
In cognitive therapy, CBT believes that __________ cause feelings and behaviors.
In cognitive therapy, CBT believes that __________ cause feelings and behaviors.
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Match the following cognitive distortions with their descriptions:
Match the following cognitive distortions with their descriptions:
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What is the Socratic method of disputing used for in therapy?
What is the Socratic method of disputing used for in therapy?
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What are the different types of assignments that can be given as homework in therapy?
What are the different types of assignments that can be given as homework in therapy?
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Cognitive restructuring involves encouraging depressed patients to provide structure for their activities.
Cognitive restructuring involves encouraging depressed patients to provide structure for their activities.
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Decatastrophizing is a technique used to __________________ feared situations.
Decatastrophizing is a technique used to __________________ feared situations.
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Match the following techniques used in therapy with their descriptions:
Match the following techniques used in therapy with their descriptions:
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Study Notes
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)
- Developed by Albert Ellis in the 1950s
- Focuses on identifying and changing irrational beliefs and negative thought patterns
- Contrasts with traditional talk therapy by focusing on actions and strategies for change
Key Concepts in REBT
- Irrational beliefs lead to emotional and behavioral problems
- Musturbation: feeling like one must strive for absolute perfection or things must happen in a specific way
- Disputing: challenging irrational beliefs with logical, empirical, and pragmatic questions
- Effective new beliefs and philosophies: replacing irrational beliefs with rational, healthy ones
Unconditional Acceptance
- Unconditional self-acceptance: accepting oneself with all flaws and imperfections
- Unconditional other acceptance: accepting others regardless of their behavior
- Unconditional acceptance of life: developing a high frustration tolerance and accepting that life is filled with difficulties
Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT)
- Developed by Aaron Beck in the 1970s
- Focuses on the relationship between cognitions, behaviors, and emotions
- Aims to replace dysfunctional cognitions with more adaptive, flexible ones
Beck's Cognitive Triad
- Thoughts, emotions, and behaviors are interconnected and influence one another
- Negative thoughts lead to negative emotions and behaviors
- Changing one aspect of the triad can lead to changes in the others
Cognitive Distortions
- All-or-nothing thinking: viewing things in absolute black-and-white terms
- Arbitrary inference: drawing conclusions without evidence
- Selective abstraction: focusing on isolated details and ignoring the larger context
- Overgeneralization: making sweeping generalizations based on a single event
- Mind reading: assuming one knows what others are thinking
- Magnification and minimization: distorting the importance of events or situations
- Personalization: attributing external events to oneself
- Dichotomous thinking: viewing things in absolute, binary terms
- Negative prediction: expecting the worst without evidence
- Labeling: defining oneself or others based on a single trait or characteristic
- Catastrophizing: exaggerating the negative consequences of an event
Therapeutic Techniques in CBT
- Disputing and challenging: questioning and challenging negative thoughts and beliefs
- Homework: practicing new skills and perspectives outside of therapy sessions
- Role-playing: practicing new behaviors and responses in a simulated environment
- Decatastrophizing: reframing negative scenarios in a more realistic, less catastrophic way
- Decentering: viewing one's thoughts and feelings as separate from oneself
- Redefining: reframing problems or situations in a more positive, productive way
- Guided discovery: exploring and identifying patterns and themes in one's thoughts and behaviors
- Psychoeducation: teaching clients about the cognitive-behavioral model and how to apply it
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Description
This quiz covers Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) and Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), introduced by Albert Ellis, and their approaches to identifying and changing negative thought patterns.
