HPS121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Social Skills, Belief, Assertiveness
17 Sep 2018
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Focuses on conscious awareness: assumes people are capable of choosing and changing their behaviours. Understand and provide insights into their current condition. Therapeutic growth involves three core conditions: unconditional positive regard, empathy, genuineness. Positive so they can open up with us. Example : (cid:862)ho(cid:449) do you feel a(cid:271)out (cid:271)ei(cid:374)g here(cid:863), Focuses on the role of irrational and self-defeating thought patterns. Try to help clients discover and change thought patterns. Believed peoples irrational thoughts lead to self-defeating emotions. Identifying irrational thoughts: locating irrational belief system, modifying belief systems to be more rational. Abcde model: activating event (least interested art, belief system, emotional and behavioural responses, disputation of b, effective new beliefs. These distorted thoughts lead to maladaptive behaviours and emotions. Assumes that people disturb themselves through their own thoughts. Aim of therapy is to change thoughts through cognitive restructuring. Abc model: activating event, belief system. Intermediate beliefs: assupmtions, attitudes, expectations, core beliefs, consequences, emotions and behaviours.
