An Eclectic Model of Behavioral and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy The two therapeutic theories that I can identify most with are behavior therapy and cognitive behavior therapy. I would like to work with autistic children, so these are two theories that I will be using with this population. The two go hand in hand as cognitive behavior therapy is formed from the framework of behavior therapy. Behavior therapist meet the client where they are and work on the here and now rather than the past or unconscious feelings. a.)
Level 2 Describe key elements of Psychodynamic, Humanistic and Cognitive behaviour approaches of counselling. Psychodynamic approach This therapy originates from the work of Sigmund Freud (1856 – 1939) which believes that personality is greatly influenced by the unconscious mind and childhood experiences. His theory also believes that the personality is made up of three parts: id (instinctual drives, needs and urges), ego (intermediates between id and real world), superego (internal authority, morals, ideals). This type of therapy tends to be long term and considers the therapist as the expert to the patient (not client). Key aspects of psycho dynamic therapy are dream interpretation and transference that is when feelings from previous significant relationships are projected on to the therapist.
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (Rational Emotive Therapy, Rational Behavior Therapy, Rational Living Therapy, Dialectic Behavior Therapy, Schema Focused Therapy) by Karen Kassel, MS, RD, MEd En Español (Spanish Version) Definition Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is a form of talk therapy. This means that you discuss your thoughts, feelings, and actions with a mental health professional. CBT focuses on how the way you think affects how you feel and how you act. For example, a situation may be perceived in a positive way by one person, enhancing his/her well-being, but may be perceived in a negative way by another person, contributing to feelings of sadness or anxiety. Your therapist helps you identify negative thoughts and evaluate how realistic these thoughts are.
Rogers was an American psychologist, who through his work developed his own distinctive approach guided by his sense of what seemed to help his clients (McLeod 2000). The approach is informed by phenomenological thinking, and emphasizes the self-concept of the person, and the possibility for growth and self fulfilment (McLeod 2000). Central to the approach, is notion that there are six key conditions which are ‘necessary and sufficient’ before therapeutic change can take place (Sanders 2006, p.9). Rogers believed that the client and the counsellor must make psychological contact, the client must believe that they require help, the counsellor should be in a position to be genuine and
This essay will explore person-centred and cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) respectively, it will then discuss some of the ways in which each therapy differs from the other and it will also highlight any parallels. Firstly, the Person-centred approach has been known by many different terms such as client-centred, non-directive and Rogerian, after the founder Carl Rogers (McLeod, 2008). The aim of person-centred counselling is to promote the clients into solving his or her own difficulties, whilst the counsellor takes a non-directive role. This approach to counselling believes that the client is the best authority on his or her own experiences but can only act upon them under the right conditions, (McLeod, 2008). Rogers discovered that for an individual to be able to express themselves fully and to experience therapeutic change, three 'core conditions' must be established within the counselling environment, (McLeod, 2008).
He should possess and utilise all these skills in an unconditional manner. Rogers argues that by providing no guidance, diagnosis or suggestion the client will be able to provide their own treatment plan; he suggests that by providing guidance or suggestion the therapist would be shaping their own will, thoughts and identity on the client rather than allowing them the freedom to make their own decisions in therapy and its direction. He suggests a nondirective and therefore unbiased approach totally driven by the client. Rogers further suggests using several cases as examples that transference – whereby the client transfers feelings (pain, hate, lust, etc.) from themselves to the therapist – is actually a useful tool in allowing the client to come to an eventual self-realisation of what they are actually feeling.
Three types of humanistic therapy are especially influential. Client-centered therapy rejects the idea of therapists as authorities on their clients' inner experiences. Instead, therapists help clients change by emphasizing their concern, care and interest. Gestalt therapy emphasizes what it calls "organismic holism," the importance of being aware of the here and now and accepting responsibility for yourself. Existential therapy focuses on free will, self-determination and the search for meaning.
The Existential Approach to Groups The Existential Approach to Groups When I had to choose the topic of my term paper I couldn’t be more ecstatic to talk about existentialism and the existential approach in therapy. I believe this is not only an important subject to explore but is a learning experience in itself. According to Corey (2008) existential therapy can be best considered as a way of thinking rather than as a particular style of practicing group therapy. It is not a separate school or neatly defined, systematic model with specific therapeutic techniques. Rather it is more appropriate to speak of existential psychotherapies (Cooper, 2003 Walsh & McElwain, 2002).
UNIT 02: THEORY ESSAY There are several theoretical approaches to counselling, I will explain the key characteristics and concepts of the Humanistic theory, Psychodynamic theory and Cognitive-behavioural theory. I shall then summarise the key strengths and limitations of these main approaches. I will then explain the concept of the integrative model, followed by assessing the advantages and disadvantages of the integrative model. Finally I will explain the role of theory in relation to helping relationships. CBT is a combination of cognitive therapy, which examines unwanted thoughts, beliefs and cognitive processes and behavioural therapy which looks at the behaviour in response to those thoughts.
what the person feels and the idea that the client has of what he or she should be) and learn to accept and value their inner processes. This is achieved when the therapist can provide a non-threatening environment where the client can explore those inner processes without fear of being judged (Mearns and Thorne, 1999). In order to achieve this, the counsellor will have to manifest the following core conditions: 1.Two persons are in psychological contact. 2.The first, whom we shall term the client, is in a state of incongruence, being vulnerable or anxious. 3.The second person, whom we shall term the therapist, is congruent, or integrated in the relationship.