PSYC 3339 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Bulimia Nervosa, Tinnitus

• School: University of Houston
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3339
• Professor: Szafranski Derek

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There has been a dramatic increase in the popularity of cognitive therapy since the 80s. Far more contemporary clinical psychologists endorse cognitive therapy as their primary orientation than any other single-school approach. It is brief, structured and targeted (like behavioral therapy), and it focuses on important mental processes like (psychodynamic theory) Goal of cognitive therapy: main goal is logical thinking, presumes that the way we think about events determines the way we respond, psychological problems arise from illogical cognitions. If the(cid:455) do(cid:374)"t, the(cid:455) (cid:272)a(cid:374) lead to u(cid:374)(cid:374)e(cid:272)essar(cid:455) a(cid:374)d unpleasant feelings: there are multiple methods for revising cognitions, but they all have a 3-stage sequence. It is a similarity and cognitive therapists and teachers: time between therapy sessions is used to explore and confirm the lessons learned during the meetings. Two approaches to cognitive therapy: albert ellis, originally called his approach rational emotive therapy (ret) but later in his career, but then changed it to rational emotive behavioral therapy (rebt)