Discussion Board DUE Sunday 7/4 @3 PM EST

Week 5 Discussion

13- CBT

- Ellis & Beck both were in the same era and both wored on their own theriories with CBT. Ellis was known for challenging his patients in hopes that they may see the error in their ways Beck worked with his patients to help them see the error in thier thougths and altering their thinking patterns.

- CBT tends to work well with pateints who have depression. It works in different ways, one of those ways being challenging and changing the clients process of thinking patterns.

- 1 identifying the problem - using definite terms to identify the problem

2 generating solutions to the situation - challenging a kid to come up with an alternative way of thinking

3 involves evaluation of the option - looking at the consequences of the evalutaion

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- Withdrawing— where a transaction does not take place

Rituals— simplying saying hello, something done everyday and without a thought

Pastimes—provide mutually acceptable stroking - an example can be safe topics that do not include deep conversations

Activities—time is structured around tasks --- involving activites and conversations that evolve within that frame

Games— being dishonest - playing mind games

Intimacy—Unconditional - this would be a conversation full of truths and love

- Self-strokes - doing things for yourself

Physical strokes - high fives

Silent strokes - nodding yes or no

Verbal strokes - building someone up

Rewards or privileges - incorportaing others into your time

- Parents - authority, children looking to see how and when to do things apporpriately

- Adult - all logical, the challenges of road rage

- Child - pleasure and happiness, daydreaming

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- Enmeshment - no balance within the family system

Disengagement- lots of detatchment

Triangulation: a child becoming one of the head of house authorities

- two models of family therapy

Satir - improves realtionships within the family - this is a process where the counselor is in charge of the full process but the client is in charge of the goals

Structural - the individual should be treated within the family system and along side the family,