Cbt Intervention Case Study

The last part of the CBT intervention is to prevent relapse. It will be important for the client to be aware of her thoughts and to challenge negative ones. The goal of CBT is to teach the client to become their own therapist. If she finds herself resorting to negative self talk, unable to get out of bed and feeling depressed she should contact her therapist to reinforce the skills she has learned.
EMDR
EMDR has eight phases which consist of history taking, preparation, assessment, desensitization, installation, body scan, closure and re-evaluation. The history phase is similar to an assessment, where the therapist gets to know the client, set up an initial treatment plan and identify pervious experiences that may be the cause of current symptoms. During the preparation stage the client will learn grounding skills, stress reduction skills and also identify a safe place. These skills are important tools to have to help a client tolerate an upsetting session. The assessment stage includes the therapist helping the client to identify a snapshot image that is associated with a negative self statement. During the desensitization phase the client focuses on the image while moving their eyes back and forth prompted from the therapist. The therapist will periodically ask the client what their level of distress is and this phase ends when …show more content…
Clients work on identifying their core beliefs and with their therapist eventually replace the negative core belief with a positive one. With enough practice the client will able to recognize negative automatic thoughts and without the use of a thought record identify if they are valid or not. The goal of EMDR is to increase the client’s confidence and emotional strength. Clients will be able to handle emotional distress and traumatic memories by being empowered to identify self regulating and self soothing