Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Therapy:

REBT:

Rational emotive behaviour therapy is the process of disputing irrational thoughts by:

Logical disputing - showing that the belief does not rationally link the the active event e.g. Just because a dog is large does not mean it will attack you.

Empirical disputing - showing that there is no evidence to back-up an irrational thought. This is done by using counter examples e.g. The dog will not attack you because it never has, in fact it may want petting which is positive.

Evaluation:

Effective:

Engals collected meta-analysis concluding that is effective for anxiety disorders and OCD. This means the therapy works as a method to treat mental illness.

Multiple Uses:

CBT and REBT can be used for both mentally ill people and mentally healthy people for issues such as stress. This means that the therapy can be used for a range of problems for both mentally ill people and mentally healthy people.

Can Not Change The Source

The therapy can not stop the source of the problem such as a bully. This means that problems may continue despite the therapist and patients efforts.