Assignment 5
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Running Head: COUNSELING THERAPY
Counseling Therapy
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In the session, the therapist focus on Stan beliefs. Rational Emotional Behavior Therapy is based on the premise that we learn irrational beliefs from significant others during childhood and then recreate these irrational beliefs throughout our life time (Corey, 2015). Stan shared his incident that occurred outside of the therapy session. Stan stated, he had the courage to take a female out on a date. While they were on their date, he spilled a drink on her dress. During the time, he was very apologetic and sent her flowers the next day. Since he hasn’t heard from her, he thought to himself that he will never get this right. Stan beliefs was he will always be alone, he will never be able to be with a woman without messing it up somehow.
The therapist got him to think about his thoughts and beliefs. Stan beliefs and thoughts came from his bad relationship in the past which caused her to divorce him. The therapeutic goal, for rational emotional behavior is to get the client to minimize their emotional disturbance and self-defeating behavior by acquiring a more realistic, workable, and compassionate philosophy of life (Corey, 2015). The therapist got Stan to look at the judgement of his wife about him. Stan was living his ex-wife judgment as if it was true. He always assumed it was true. The therapist disputes client’s irrational beliefs and encourage client to engage in activities that will counter their self-defeating beliefs by replacing their rigid “musts” with preference (Corey, 2015). The therapist also had him think of the thoughts he had after spilling the drink on her dress and they were all negative. He made he look at in positive ways. To get beyond mere recognition of irrational thoughts, the therapist helps the client change their thinking and minimize their irrational ideas (Corey, 2015). The therapist also gave the Stan homework for him to keep record of things he tells himself. Homework is carefully designed and agreed upon and is aimed at getting clients to carry out productive actions that contribute to emotional and attitudinal change (Corey, 2015).
The therapist also focused on Stan planning. Reality therapy provides a delivery system for helping individuals take more effective control of their lives (Corey, 2015). Stan been feeling depressed and it have a lot to do with him and his body, he doesn’t feel comfortable and not satisfied. The therapist had him reanalyze what he said to say depressing instead of depressed. From Glaser’s perspective, to speak of being depressed, having a headache, being angry, or being anxious implies passivity and lack of personal responsibility, and it is inaccurate (Corey, 2015). It is more accurate to think of these as parts of total behaviors and to use the verb forms depressing, headaching, angering, and anxietying to describe them (Corey, 2015).
The therapy asks Stan what was he doing to contribute to him feeling down. Stan stated that he does a lot of nothing, all he does is go to school and go back home. He also doesn’t do anything physical. However, this session focused on what can he do differently to feel better. Playing basketball is one way that can help him feel better, have fun, meet new friend, and get in shape. A basic role goal of reality therapy is to help clients learn better ways of fulfilling all of their needs, including achievement, power or inner control, freedom or independence, and fun (Corey, 2015). Stan and the therapist came up with a plan for the client to get more information about a basketball league, and how often will he play. This plan with satisfy some of his needs.
Rational emotional behavior will be used on client who have irrational beliefs. I will use this on a client who thinks they’re not good enough due to something that happen in their past. I will help the client change their thinking. Reality therapy will be used on clients who are depress.
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