According to the selective theory in Halbur and Halbur (2006) the theories that seem to be the most appealing to me are the following theories: Gestalt, Person-Centered, and Psychoanalytic and Existential. The Selective Theory Assessment was pretty accurate in matching me to the theories that speak to who I am as a person. I had trouble choosing what I would base my paper on since they were very closely related. I decided to go with Gestalt, not only because I scored the highest but I truly believe in the theory.
Although CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) is not in my theoretical orientation, I noticed that I have a strong attraction to the theory as I continued on into my internship experience. I do believe how people view themselves
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Cognitive schemas may reflect errors of reasoning. “Cognitive distortions appear when information processing is in accurate or in effective” (Beck, 2011). There are several thought processes that individuals experience as a result of cognitive distortions. They include the following: all or nothing thinking, selective abstraction, mind reading, negative prediction, castrophizing, overgeneralization, labeling and mislabeling, magnification or minimization and personalization (Beck, 2011).
Theory of Counseling Gestalt therapy is an experiential and humanistic form of therapy. Therapist that practice this type of therapy uses creative and experiential techniques to enhance awareness, freedom and self-direction. Gestalt therapist usually focuses on “Here and Now”. Gestalt therapist use moment to moment observation of the client to help provide of the problem for the client. Using the results from the observations is how the therapist helps the client to enhance their awareness (Mann, 2010). CBT is part of the pragmatic school of thought. It focuses on what people think and want and links it to the individual’s emotional and behavioral life. CBT therapy believes if you are able to change one’s thinking you are able to make healthier choices in your life. CBT therapist works with clients to help learn how to help their self by help bring awareness to their thoughts and the influence it has on their behaviors (Beck, 2011).
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Gestalt therapy helps clients to believe that they can do as much for themselves as they think they can. A gestalt therapist do their best in helping the client reach the highest level of awareness. The goals of Gestalt therapy is to have the client move towards increased awareness, as well as assuming ownership of their experience. Therapist helps the clients to develop skills where they will depend more on themselves and not inconvenience others. Gestalt therapist encourages clients to accept responsibility for what they do and the consequences that may follow, whether good or bad. Clients will learn how to ask for and get help from others and to give to others too (Woldt,
My personal theoretical orientation to counseling is Cognitive-Behavioral therapy. Cognitive-Behavioral therapy helps the client to uncover and alter distortions of thought or perceptions which may be causing or prolonging psychological distress. The theoretical foundations of CBT are essentially those of the behavioral and cognitive approaches. CBT leads to a clear, persuasive, and evidence-based description of how normal and abnormal behavior develops and changes (Kramer 293). The term “cognitive-behavioral therapy” or CBT is a term for therapies with many similarities. CBT is not used as a cure and often times used to help with anxiety or depression the most, and may be single or in group settings. There
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a mixture of both Cognitive Therapy (CT), which deals with a person’s thoughts and Behavioral Therapy (BT), which concentrates on an individual’s overt or outside personality. According to Barbara P. Early and Melissa D. Grady, CT specializes in the mental process that can affect an individual’s feelings and behavior, while BT is focusing on the external environment that can cause the behaviors, such as a stimulus (Early & Grady, 2016). The use of the two therapies together allows the
Cognitive therapy is one of the few theories that have been extensively scientifically tested and found to be highly effective in over 300 clinical trials. It focuses on the immediate or automatic thoughts the client has and how these thoughts affect their feelings and behaviors. The goal of cognitive therapy is to identify these thoughts that are poorly affecting the client. Then teach the client how to identify these automatic thoughts and how they can effectively change them. Through the very structured sessions of cognitive therapy, a client should essentially learn the tools to be their own cognitive therapist for future problems they may encounter. The therapy session will not make them an expert but they will be better prepared to
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a type of therapy that aims to help a person manage their problems by changing how they think and act. It is a problem solving approach which recognizes that clients have a behavioral
Cognitive-behavioural theory (CBT) is a kind of psychotherapeutic treatment that enables patients to comprehend the thoughts and feelings that control their behaviours.
identifying the causes of the client feeling. Gestalts therapy focus on the here and now of the
According to Thoma, Pilecki, and McKay (2015), CBT is a result of the evolution and the intertwining of cognitive therapy and behavior therapy. Many of the early behavior theories and therapy techniques are combine with cognitive theories and techniques to form CBT
All done within a serene setting, that is designed to be free of distractions, and whereas the therapist I will inspire all members to participate in the therapy, using the systemic processes will help to facilitate this goal. Using the Strategic Family therapy, I will use the two maps of human behavior, which is used to guide me during the healing session. The first is PUSH is the ellipsis, which will authorize my point of view as the therapist (M.U.S.E, 2010). .
Gestalt is a fascinating approach to therapy with many unique techniques, interventions and goals that set it apart from other approaches. "Self-acceptance, knowledge of the environment, responsibility for choices, and the ability to make contact...are important awareness processes and goals, all of which are based on a here-and-now experiencing that is always changing" (Corey, 2009, p. 200).
Gestalt therapy, which was founded by Fritz and Laura Perls in the 1940s, teaches the therapists and their clients the phenomenological awareness method, where feeling, perceiving and acting are differentiated from interpreting and rearranging the pre-existing attitudes. Gestalt therapists and clients’ dialogue, thus communicating their phenomenological perspectives, and their differences in perceptions form the basis and focus of experimentation and continued dialogue. The desired outcome of the therapy process is for the client to become aware of their actions, how they are acting, and the ways they can change their actions and learn to accept and appreciate themselves. Here, the emphasis is mainly on the process rather
CBT is defined as a form of mental health based counseling, focusing on errors of cognition and perception. It usually involves a limited number of individual outpatient sessions (Park et al., 2013). This form of therapy, “helps you become aware of inaccurate or negative thinking, so you can view challenging situations more clearly and respond to them in a more effective way,” (“Cognitive behavioral therapy”, 2014, para. 1).
CBT is a relatively young model and theory. What we know as CBT, began in the 1950's with Albert Ellis's Rational Emotive Behavioral approach to therapy (Dobson, 2001). Later in the 1960's, Aaron Beck began using Cognitive Therapy in treating depression. (Barlow, 2001. 230) The origins of what we now know as cognitive behavioral theory is said to come from earlier theories and concepts. Credit can be given to early philosophers such as Kant (1782), theorists such as Alfred Adler (Individual Psychology), and behaviorists such as Joseph Wolpe and George Kelly . Frued can also be mentioned, albeit indirectly, for his theory was quite distressing to Adler who stated, “I am convinced that a person's behaviors springs from his ideas.” (pg 306. Milkman and Sunderwirth, 2010). Pavlov and Skinner can also be acknowledged, for their work in learned behavior and conditioning, which directly correlates to the concepts of cognitive behavioral therapy. More recently, A.
Therapy is the treatment of people who are suffering from the psychological problem and that situation, the therapist works in collaboration with the patient, to determine the cause. This paper seeks to explore the two types of therapy which person-centered therapy and gestalt therapy. The paper will also go into details by comparing and contrasting the two therapies and how they work.
According to Blom, (2006) “The integration of polarities is a prerequisite for a dynamic and healthy life process.” Therefore, all techniques and modalities from gestalt theory focus on direct experience and experimentation. From this perspective, direct experience is the only way that learning can take place. The therapist should avoid counseling and interpretation during therapy and focus on creating an atmosphere where the client can discover what is important and they can react to the information as it is important to them. The therapist is primarily a catalyst in the process of therapy. Oaklander (1994) posits that any interpretation by the therapist must be verified with the child.