The Ethics of 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind'

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

CBT has a number of strengths; first beginning with its capacity to yield empirical results as to its effectiveness. Countless studies have shown CBT to be the most effective treatment for anxiety and depression (e.g., Oei & McAlinden, 2014; Tolin, 2010); this is likely the result of a number of factors. CBT is a collaborative, educational, time-limited model that demystifies the therapy process; changes are made with clients, not to clients, the strategies learned equip clients to better navigate current and future difficulties, and the setting of goals allows clients to clearly see their progress (Corey, 2013; Skinner & Wrycraft, 2014). An additional strength of CBT for anxiety and depression is its applicability to both individuals and groups; group CBT has a number of auxiliary benefits including, vicarious learning, a sense of cohesiveness that can increase motivation, social interaction and the opportunity to help others (Oei & McAlinden, 2014).

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.

When humans undergo traumatic events that threaten their safety and wellbeing, they may become vulnerable to nightmares, fear, excessive anxiety, depression, and trembling. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a psychological illness that results from the occurrence of a “terribly frightening, life-threatening, or otherwise unsafe experience” (Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), 2012). This condition often leads to unbearable stress and anxiety. PTSD is significantly prevalent as indicated by data from the National Co-morbidity Survey which shows that at a particular time in their lives, 7.8% of 5, 877 adults in America suffered from PTSD (Andrew & Bisson, 2009). In the general population, the lifetime prevalence is estimated at 8%,

More specifically, CBT is normally structured as a series of interventions that addresses the cognitive aspects and the behavioral components of a particular disorder. The cognitive-behavioral approach is based on a theoretical view, which “holds the patients’ beliefs about weight,

The empirical data provided in the clip supports the information on CBT. In the most recent studies on CBT that is, TADS (2007), ADAPT (2007) and TORDIA (2010) they provide an insight on effectiveness of CBT when combined with medication. It is this data points out a 40% of ineffectiveness of CBT. This means that there is still room for

CBT is relatively short term, goal directed, problem focused treatments that are based on the model that changing cognitions and leads to behavioural change (Dobson, 2002 as cited in Sudak, D. M. 2006). We interact with the world through our mental representation of it. If our mental representations are inaccurate or our ways of reasoning

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).

In it's simplest form, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, (or CBT as it will be referred to from here on out), refers to the approach of changing dysfunctional behaviors and thoughts to realistic and healthy ones. CBT encompasses several types of therapy focusing on the impact of an individual's thinking as it relates to expressed behaviors. Such models include rational emotive therapy (RET), rational emotive behavioral therapy (REBT), behavior therapy (BT), Rational Behavior Therapy (RBT), Schema Focused Therapy, Cognitive therapy (CT). Most recently a few other variations have been linked to CBT such as acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), dialectic behavioral therapy (DBT), and

With regards to the fundamental characteristic and principles of each theory, the first thing worth noting is the difference in their approach. CBT comes from a behavioural background which assumes that behavioural and emotional disturbances are a result of “faulty thinking” (Botha, 2012). It adopts the idea that the way in which individuals feel, act and believe is determined and influenced by the person’s individual cognition. Therefore the therapy’s orientation is verging on the ‘psycho-educational’ side that can help to teach the client new ways of thinking and to help them develop the skills required to change their cognition and behaviour (Botha. 2012). In other words, CBT sees behaviour as being a learned response whereas PCT is humanistic

One of the benefits of using cognitive behavioral therapy is based on the idea that is thought by the causes by feelings and behavioral. According to Murdock (2013) “CT theory generally takes a neutral position on the properties of human nature. When the overall qualities of human existence are discussed at all, it is from an evolutionary perspective, which portrays humans simply as organisms adapting to the environment.” Therefore, Cognitive behavior therapy focuses on neutral position of human nature. Cognitive behavioral therapy is about how we think about what has happened to us. CBT focus on the believes of why things are happening. Cognitive behavioral therapy is used for a short term. CBT is used for individuals that are suffering from depression, anxiety etc. Cognitive behavioral therapy focus helps client with a specific problem they are current experiencing. Behavioral Therapy focuses on the behavior of the client. Behavioral therapy helps the client treat the bad behavior to a good behavior it does not focus like cognitive behavioral because CBT focus on the thoughts that lead to the feelings and behavioral. Using

In Michael Gondry’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), the connections between people and memories become the focal point of a very unique romance. Through the use of new technology, the possibility of erasing memories makes painful relationships disappear like they never happened. The tale of Joel and Clementine allows the audience to rethink and question the process they undergo as beneficial or destructive. Though the process might be helpful in eliminating the pain caused from another person, four key scenes show how the lessons learned through relationship experiences are important.

The idea that our memories change the way on which we see the world and ultimately change reality is a difficult one to understand. An answer to this question depends on the way we define reality. If we define reality as objective- then it can not be altered by memories. However if we define reality as subjective, then, yes, our memories can affect our reality. But what do we mean by memories? What do we mean by relationship? What follows is an attempt to answer some of these questions, and see whether and how our memories affect our reality.