“What the heck is CBT?”

“Not anoth­er acronym. Alpha­bet soup, that’s this system…”

These are com­mon thoughts expressed when a loved one is assigned to CBT or Cog­ni­tive Behav­ioral Ther­a­py by their physi­cian or psychiatrist.

In Sep­tem­ber 2014, Carl­ton Craig, PHD LCSW DCSW from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Ken­tucky Col­lege of Social Work pre­sent­ed on CBT- Cog­ni­tive Behav­ioral Ther­a­py at our NAMI Work­shop event.

The aca­d­e­m­ic terms for these things are here, and addi­tion­al sto­ries to enhance under­stand­ing are in the orig­i­nal arti­cle: http://pro.psychcentral.com/the-basic-principles-of-cognitive-behavior-therapy/00659.html

1. Based on an ever-evolv­ing for­mu­la­tion of clients’ prob­lems and an indi­vid­ual con­cep­tu­al­iza­tion of each client in cog­ni­tive terms.

2. Requires a sound ther­a­peu­tic alliance.

3. Empha­sizes col­lab­o­ra­tion and active participation.

4. Goal-ori­ent­ed and problem-focused

5. Ini­tial­ly empha­sizes the present.

6. Educa­tive, aims to teach the client to be her/his own ther­a­pist, and empha­sizes relapse prevention.

7. Aims to be time limited

8. Ses­sions are structured.

9. Teach­es clients to iden­ti­fy, eval­u­ate and respond to their dys­func­tion­al thoughts and beliefs.

10. Uses a vari­ety of tech­niques to change think­ing, mood, and behavior

 

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