Cognitive Therapy: A Case Study

In the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) course, I have gained numerous skills and knowledge that will serve me in the field of social work. I acquired a new way to view and evaluate clients’ treatment as well as several different CBT interventions. In this paper, I will review the accuracy of my case conceptualization and discuss effective and ineffective class activities. Furthermore, I will evaluate my ability to incorporate the client’s strengths and culture as well as reflect on my professional growth.

This counselor was able to collect information from Jared's primary care doctor and therapist regarding his disabilities. The information collected from his treating team was used to assist with determining his eligibility for services.

Regarding Cognitive Behavior Therapy x 50 sessions, CA MTUS Chronic Pain Medical Treatment Guidelines state that behavioral modifications are recommended for appropriately identified patients during treatment for chronic pain, to address psychological and cognitive function, and address co-morbid mood disorders (such as depression, anxiety, panic disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder). In addition, CA MTUS Chronic Pain Medical Treatment Guidelines state that with evidence of objective functional improvement, a total of up to 6-10 visits. In addition, ODG states that Up to 13-20 visits over 7-20 weeks (individual sessions), if progress is being made and in cases of severe Major Depression or PTSD up to 50 sessions if progress is being made. In this case, the patient has received psychological treatment and psychotherapy since 2000. There is no documentation of the number sessions of psychotherapy completed to date. It is noted that the patient received 8 sessions of psychotherapy in 2015. The guidelines state that the provider

There are a number of protective factors to help women cope with their experiences. The most basic protective factor is seeking out and receiving help from professionals because from there, the woman can figure out her own protective factors and what works best for her. Weiss and DeBarber talks about how cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a therapy to provide because it offers different steps to help the person. The first step is to identify the persons internal/external resources, the second step is to help the woman recall and process traumatic memories, the third step is to reconstruct cognitive thinking and the final step is how to manage anxiety, (2013, p. 44). This therapy is a protective factor because the woman is seeking help and realized she needed someone but it can also be seen as an unprotected factor because the client needs to remember and basically relive what happened to her and this can cause the client a lot of stress, anxiety and it may cause her not to return to continue therapy.

Could Cognitive Process Therapy (CPT) conducted in a military setting be an effective intervention in the reduction of long term PTSD exposure in the identified patient and the impact on the family unit?

Goldfried, M.R., Burckell, L.A., & Eubanks-Carter, C. (2003). Therapist self-disclosure in cognitive-behavior therapy. Journal of Clinical Psychology, Special Issue: In Session, 59(5), 555-568.

David finds it rewarding to drink alcohol, as it relieves his symptoms of depression and anxiety about his past and current situation. Through the lens of social learning theory, behaviors can be altered through the implementation of detailed, action-oriented approaches (Hutchison, 2011). For David, cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) will work to help positively alter his thoughts, and in turn, his emotions and behaviors. Considering the comorbidity of the client’s symptoms of depression and alcohol use disorder, a holistic approach to David’s situation will be taken. In combination with CBT, David will also participate in interactional group psychotherapy based on the Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) 12-step program. This approach will be taken

The writer (Tan, 2007) presents how inner healing prayer and scripture can be incorporated in practicing a Christian approach ethically, how it influences in counseling sessions in delivering service to clients, and also details step by step instruction for implementing prayer and scripture into cognitive-behavior therapy(CBT). CBT is one of the most empirically supported treatments(ESTs) available for a vast category of psychological disorders (Tan,2007, p.101). Tan (2007) presents two principal methods of integration the therapist use in CBT, which are implicit and explicit (Tan, 2007). Implicit integration is an indirect approach of application of spiritual resources; however, explicit integration is an open dialogue between counselor

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) place focus on the present and takes a problem solving approach, where interventions for specific problems involve identifying, modifying and fixing problematic behaviours (Gray & Webb, 2013). It developed in response to growing dissatisfaction with behaviourism that had simplistic notion of people as being merely passive recipients to stimuli and psychodynamic theories that was considered as lacking evidence and non-scientific (Connolly & Harms, 2013). There was growing discontent with long-term therapy and ambiguous interventions and this theory viewed people as autonomous agents of their own environments (Connolly & Harms, 2013). According to CBT, personal problems are generated by unrealistic, negative

The purpose of this essay is to demonstrate and critically evaluate, analyse and critically judge CBT theory and practise methods for working with people who present with depression. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is an effective treatment for depression and is recommended by NICE (2004) guidelines (Hollon et al, 2002). However, the effectiveness of the different models used, has long been debated. This essay will critically evaluate the key behavioural and cognitive therapy theories and use real life and hypothetical examples of the application of theory to clinical practise. CBT arose from two very different schools of psychology and its origins can be traced to a behavioural or a cognitive model.

Cognitive Therapy based on Mindfulness is a systematic protocol of psychological intervention designed to work in group relapse prevention, whose primary components are. The techniques of "body self-knowledge" (learning to detect the signs of possible relapse that sends us our body), and cognitive techniques based on Beck's model to modify dysfunctional thoughts. “Accept difficulties and transform the experience and thus develop a plan of action with the necessary strategies to be implemented as soon as the first signs of alarm are perceived to prevent possible relapse” (Segal, Williams, and Teasdale, 2002).

THE POPULATION GROUP AGED 65 years and older is increasing rapidly. Among this population, up to half will report to medical pro- fessionals experiencing chronic pain. Unlike the better known Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which implements the use of control based strategies for pain management, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses treatment on acceptance and an openness to experience pain. Therefore, instead of focus- ing on the logic or semantics of painful thoughts and sensations,

Another treatment approach utilized by professions is cognitive therapy. Cognitive therapists view trauma disorders as being the result of maladaptive thinking concerning the specific trauma and how the incident affects their live (Ehlers and Clark 2000). Cognitive therapists help the victim recognize and challenge the maladaptive thoughts. The therapist then guides them in restructuring the dysfunctional thoughts they hold to about the incident with the goal of decreasing the fear response (Comer, 2014).

It seems that the most success depends on a combination of cognitive therapy and increased support in a varied assault on: combatting intrusive thoughts, increasing understanding, becoming more consciously aware and present, learning self-compassion and trust, verbalizing memories, experiencing self-compassion, developing trust, and