Cognitive therapy

David F. Tolin from the Institute of Living along with Yale University School of Medicine conducted the quantitative review Is Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy More Effective than Other Therapies? in order to determine whether cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is better than other forms of psychotherapy. Therefore, there was a comparison in the effectiveness of CBT versus different types of psychotherapy to examine the relationship between different outcomes and the specific variables used in the…

modalities. Each patient's addiction has aspects that are unique to that individual and demands specific treatment methods. In today's rehab treatment industry, cognitive behavioral therapy, or simply behavioral therapy, is one of the most universal modalities currently be used. About Behavioral Therapy By definition, behavioral therapy was developed as a process that allows doctors and psychologists to analyze a patient's negative thought patterns that lead them into harmful negative…

Description of Theory & Relevance to Problem and Intervention Evidence shows that trauma-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy (TF-CBT) is an evidence based practice (EBP) and an effective treatment that significantly improves PTSD symptoms, especially abuse trauma (Cohen, Deblinger, & Mannarino, 2004; Webb, Hayes, Grasso, Laurenceau, & Deblinger, 2014; Deblinger, Lippmann, & Steer, 1996; Misurell & Springer, 2013). EBP is the integration of clinical expertise, patient values, and the best…

The stance of the article, “Social Anxiety Disorder (Social Phobia),’’ found on PsychologyToday.com, is similar, with some differences, to the academic journal, “Social anxiety disorder: Recent developments in psychological approaches to conceptualization and treatment’’ by Lisa Anne Lampe. Both articles focus on the definition and treatment of social anxiety disorder. Psychology Today’s article, “Social Anxiety Disorder (Social Phobia),” relays information on social anxiety disorder, or social…

to consider the effectiveness of these procedures to ensure successful alleviation of the symptoms of the disorder. The efficiency of CBT will be evaluated by considering one procedure that is cognitive-based and another that uses an intense group-based approach to therapy. Long-term benefits of the therapy will be examined, in addition to predictors of different outcomes for…

Depression in action/ and what Causes it Today there are many causes of depression, and researcher’s state there isn 't one cause to it. There also isn’t a reason to why the brain neurotransmitters are imbalanced during depression. However, it is very important for psychologist and researchers to understand the brain activity. Depression can come in either long term or short term. However, some common causes of depression today include PTSD, long term sickness, and stress. Researches…

syndromes such as generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), substance abuse, eating disorders, depression, and borderline personality disorder, through approaches such as MBSR dialectic behavior therapy (DBT and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) (Bishop et al., 2004). Previous research on MBSR showed that when utilizing mindfulness as a treatment, by observing emotion, sensation, or cognitions nonjudgmentally, participants were able to realize that most…

Girl, Interrupted is about an eighteen year old named Susanna Kaysen. She committed herself into a metal institute after she decided to take a bottle of aspirin and wash it down with a bottle of Vodka. During her 18 month stay in the mental institution she encounters Georgina, Lisa, Polly, and Daisy. The four friends each have their own psychological problems. Lisa the wildest of the group, tries to hold her back through negativity, but in the end Susanna overcomes her issues and is released.…

If one were to major in cognitive psychology that person would study attention span, memory, and reasoning, along with other actions of the brain that are considered a complex mental process. The Cognitive approach is more so modern to human behavior and it mainly focuses on how you think, and respond to certain situations, and the research behind it that gives people…

This comparative paper explores the similarities and differences between individual psychology and cognitive behavioural therapy. First, I will present a brief overview of two theories. An examination of the similarities and differences between the two theories as followed. Individual Psychology (IP) According to the Adler (1992), humans are social by nature and he believes that individual’s personality is developed early in life. Adlerian theory holds a positive view of the human nature and…