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Cognitive Therapy
PCC-HR-3C-Beck's Cognitive Therapy
Terms | Definition |
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Maladaptive Behavior | Emotional disorders result from irrational thoughts about oneself and the external world due to "logical errors". |
Logical errors | include arbitrary inference, overgeneralization, selective abstraction, personalization, polarized thinking |
Arbitrary inference | Drawing conclusions without evidence |
Overgeneralization | Drawing general conclusions on the basis of one event |
Selective abstraction | Attending to detail while ignoring the total context |
Personalization | Erroneously attributing external events to oneself |
Polarized thinking | thinking in a black-or-white fashion |
Therapeutic Goal | Is to help a client become aware of his/her logical errors and irrational, "automatic" thinking, and label events more accurately. |
Therapeutic Techniques | Using a variety of structured techniques such as keeping a "daily log" of dysfunctional automatic thoughts; activity schedule making, graded task assignments |
Difference from RET | Less confrontive, relies more one encouraging a client to engage in activities which will either confirm or disconfirm his/her irrational cognitions. |