Cognitive load

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) provides Nancy and Garry with a mental tool kit that can be used to challenge negative thoughts. Clients benefit from CBT due to its direct and practical approach to problem-solving. The therapist goal is to provide an environment that encourages the client to change the patterns of thinking or behavior that causes the client difficulties. CBT is used to address some of Garry’s problems that includes sleeping difficulties, relationship problems with Nancy, and…

How Do You Perform NLP Techniques? By Dane Bergen Aug 18, 2007 NLP therapy is of a form of psychotherapy which draws on NLP techniques. Psychotherapists trained in these NLP techniques, are also trained in several other areas like cognitive therapy, and will draw from this as required. People come to these psychotherapists to change or 'fix' some area of their lives and the therapists use an NLP technique or several techniques to help them modify their internal language, so that they can…

A personality disorder is an enduring pattern of an inner experience and behavior that digress considerably from the expectations of the individuals culture, is pervasive and inflexible, has an onset in adolescence or early adulthood, is stable over time, and leads to distress or impairment (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Narcissistic Personality Disorder is one that appears dramatic, emotional, or erratic and is a pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior), need for admiration,…

Action Theories Solution-Focused Brief Therapy assumes that realities are socially constructed, and there is no absolute reality. This theory looks at people as they are healthy, knowledgeable, and resourceful. According to SFBT, people have the ability to create solutions and different stories to enrich their lives. SFBT helps clients to recognize their capabilities and build on their potential, strengths, and resources they may have. The philosophy of SFBT can be summed up in three rules of…

Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) was developed by Aaron T. Beck, who was originally trained in psychoanalytic theory. Beck theorized that psychiatric disorders are the result of defective thought processes. CBT is designed to alter thought processes, interrupting faulty and illogical thoughts, thus changing the impact on a patient’s emotions. According to CBT, negative thoughts and emotions are the result of faulty or illogical feelings and perceptions (Clevenger, 2014). There is voluminous…

PTSD Coach even though David did not seek treatment this option would be great with his condition and the line of work that he is involved with. Mindfulness Coach ground oneself in the present moment can one cope better with unpleasant thoughts and emotions. Peer Group Support, David can recovery better if he learns that he is not the only one that suffers from this disorder and trauma can be better assist in group setting by sharing the experience with others alike. Dog and PTSD, David was…

The strengths reflected by cognitive theory are those that provide knowledge about relationships, enhances perpetual skills, improves decision-making skills, and improves assessment skills (Nylund, 2015). Some criticisms of the theory suggest that cognitive theory focuses primarily on the individual and not the environment as a dynamic (Walsh, 2006, p 196). Furthermore, this theory does not focus on an individual’s emotions, such as crying, since the theory is over rationalized. This perspective…

People have a schema which is the sum of all of our thoughts and experiences. This alters how we observe things. Abnormal behavior can be the result of unfavorable schemas. In order to eliminate the abnormal behavior, the belief, schema, and cognitive mindset must be changed. Abnormal behavior can be caused by a particular perspective. For example, a feeling of hopelessness can lead to depression. In Dora’s case, let’s assume that a traumatic event occurred within her household, which is the…

judging and reasoning” (44). Thus, the meaning of classic cognitive behaviour therapy refers to the practice of integrating theory and research on conscious processes. In other words, cognitive behaviour therapy refers to the direct manipulation of an individual’s conspicuous and inconspicuous behaviour with feelings and thoughts are interpreted as internal or covert behaviours. Namely, the psychiatrist Aaron Beck (1976) created Cognitive Theory. Beck’s theory has to do with manipulating…

Cognitive therapy was founded by Aaron Beck, and he based this therapeutic approach on two main ideas. The first idea is that individuals who are depressed have a negativity bias in their thinking, and the second idea is that the way individuals interpret the events around them contributes to the maintenance of their depression (Ball, n.d.). In a more refined sense by Ball (n.d.) it can be said that cognitive therapy is based on the premise that it is not the event itself that the individual…