Cognitive Therapy,
and
Cognitive Behavior
Modification
Presented by Fathima Saniya
INDE 01 - Cognitive Therapy
02 - Principle/Goals/Definition
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03 - Behavior Modification Therapy
04 - Definition/Examples
COGNITIVE
THERAPY
• A type of psychotherapy
01 - INTRODUCTION
and short-term structured
therapy
• Developed by American
psychiatrist Aaron T. Beck
• Uses active collaboration
between the patient and
the therapist to achieve the
therapeutic goals.
• Concentrates on
unconscious processes and
PRINCIPLES OF COGNITIVE
THERAPY
• It is based on the cognitive model of
emotional disorders.
• It is brief and time-limited.
• A sound therapeutic relationship is
necessary condition for effective СТ.
• Therapy is collaborative effort between
therapist and patient.
• It uses primarily the Socratic Method.
The word 'cognition' is derived
from the Latin word
cognoscere, meaning "to
know" or "to come to know".
Thus, cognition includes the
activities and processes
concerned with the acquisition,
storage, retrieval and
processing of knowledge.
Cognitive and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy both are used to
study Cognitive Psychology and Behaviourism.
There are two main important themes-
• Cognitive process influences our emotions motivation and
behaviour.
• The use of cognitive and behaviour change techniques in
a hypothesis testing manner.
COGNITIVE THERAPY
Cognitive therapy focuses on present thinking,
behavior, and communication rather than on
past experiences and is oriented toward
problem-solving. Most read Based on the
concept that how we think about things affects
how we feel emotionally.
The therapist assists the patient in identifying
specific distortions (using cognitive
assessment) and biases in thinking and
provides guidance to how to change this
thinking.
GOALS OF COGNITIVE THERAPY
• Promotion of self-awareness.
• Understanding perceptions
• Emphasis on current situation.
• Development of self control
• Prevention of future episodes
by helping clients change core
beliefs.
Cognitive therapy is a treatment option
for some mental disorders, including-:
• Agoraphobia
• Alzheimer's disease
• Anxiety or Panic Disorder
• Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder
(ADHD)
• Eating disorders
• OCD, PTSD
• Schizophrenia, social phobia, substance
abuse.
• Anger management, insomnia.
COGNITIVE
BEHAVIOUR
MODIFICATIO
N
Provides
strategies/skill
s to modify
behaviour e.g.
desensitisation
DEFINITION
Behavior modification techniques are
strategies and interventions used to
change or replace undesirable
behaviors with more desirable ones by
manipulating environmental factors,
rewards, or consequences. These
techniques are often grounded in
principles of operant conditioning.
EXAMPLES
[Link]: Providing a positive stimulus or
incentive, such as candy, to increase its frequency
in response to a desired behavior.
[Link]: Introducing an aversive
consequences after an undesired behavior, e.g.
no-play time at lunch, to decrease its occurrence.
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