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A 5 page paper that explains cognitive therapy, particularly the theories of Beck. The paper then uses information about a woman with depression and how a cognitive therapist would treat her and why. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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to Beck that when they did respond, they were reporting only parts of their internal dialog (Martin, 2007). In other words, patients seemed to be having a long conversation with
themselves but then they only revealed parts of what they were thinking. Beck had no idea if the internal conversation had to do with the concerns the patient had brought
to therapy or if it had to do with other things in the patients life. Whatever they were actually thinking, this led Beck to the belief that depression has to
do with the individuals view of themselves (Allen, 2003). Beck believed it was important for the therapist to know what these internal conversations were about because they might provide
the link between the patients thoughts and feelings (Martin, 2007). He referred to this internal dialog process as "automatic thoughts" by which he means they were "emotion-filled thoughts that might
pop up in the mind" (Martin, 2007). And, he identified them as automatic because he thought the patient might not even be aware of them, the thoughts just pop up
in their minds (Martin, 2007). Identifying these thoughts became essential to Beck because if they were negative thoughts or unrealistic thoughts, they could impede any progress the patient may make
in therapy (Martin, 2007). Because the thoughts involved cognitive processing, Beck identified the process as cognitive therapy (Martin, 2007). As the theory evolved over time, it became clear that behavior
and behavioral techniques were directly involved in the process (Martin, 2007). This led to what we now refer to as cognitive behavior theory or cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) (Martin, 2007).
It should be noted that cognitive theory and therapy and behavioral theory and therapy still exist but for the most part, these two are combined to form a very powerful
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