As mentioned earlier, there are three major contributors to the CBT movement and even though CBT integrates many of the concepts of behavioral therapy it also does introduce and place value on what goes on cognitively in the distressed individual. The first contributor that will be discussed is Albert Ellis. Albert Ellis was born in 1913 in Pittsburgh and despite his many illness growing up, he lived until 2007 which is when he died in New York, which was the place he grew up and primarily lived throughout his life (Corey, 2013. P.288). Ellis believed that he was gifted and called to counsel people therefore he became a psychologist, however after a short time of practicing he grew tired of psychoanalytic therapy due to it’s time consuming
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2010, p.5). Case Conceptualization is an on going process throughout CBT and it caters to the CBT approach. Ledley compares it to the process of putting a puzzle together where it helps to put each part of the clients problems and behaviors in it’s logical position in order to see the whole picture (Ledley et al. 2010, p.5). This is done in order that the client and the clinician can begin to work out a treatment plan, and like the puzzle, it should be done together. As the picture is seen more clearly adjustments can be made to this hypothesis in order that a treatment plan can occur (Ledley et al. 2010, p.6). Now that there is a clear understanding on the function and importance of establishing and maintain good rapport, as well as the case conceptualization process it is important to clearly understand the theoretical framework of CBT. The theoretical framework of CBT can be easily seen in it’s name the Cognitive approach is infused with Behavioral therapy which forms CBT. CBT is more strongly rooted in the behavioral approach, but where as behavioral psychology ignores the cognitive aspect of the clients way of thinking and how it influences behaviors, CBT embraces it (Ledley et al. 2010, p.8). So in order to fully appreciate CBT it is important to understand both cognitive therapy and behavioral therapy and how both are infused to create
2010, p.5). Case Conceptualization is an on going process throughout CBT and it caters to the CBT approach. Ledley compares it to the process of putting a puzzle together where it helps to put each part of the clients problems and behaviors in it’s logical position in order to see the whole picture (Ledley et al. 2010, p.5). This is done in order that the client and the clinician can begin to work out a treatment plan, and like the puzzle, it should be done together. As the picture is seen more clearly adjustments can be made to this hypothesis in order that a treatment plan can occur (Ledley et al. 2010, p.6). Now that there is a clear understanding on the function and importance of establishing and maintain good rapport, as well as the case conceptualization process it is important to clearly understand the theoretical framework of CBT. The theoretical framework of CBT can be easily seen in it’s name the Cognitive approach is infused with Behavioral therapy which forms CBT. CBT is more strongly rooted in the behavioral approach, but where as behavioral psychology ignores the cognitive aspect of the clients way of thinking and how it influences behaviors, CBT embraces it (Ledley et al. 2010, p.8). So in order to fully appreciate CBT it is important to understand both cognitive therapy and behavioral therapy and how both are infused to create