Essays on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

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What behaviors would indicate that the client is sustaining at a healthy baseline? It is important to establish the baseline of health for patients to help understand their status at the beginning of the treatment plan (Freedland et al., 2015). In the case of Eliza, a healthy baseline would be determined by psychological stability. It would mean that she’s not suffering the mental issues that have engulfed her over a period. The absence of situational anxiety would signal a healthy baseline. Having experienced such kinds of stress, any situation that guarantees mental stability and standard behavioral manifests would ...

Review of Initial Treatment Plan

Eliza suffers from situational anxiety based on the DMS IV criteria for diagnosis (Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders: DSM-IV. 1994). In this case, Eliza approached for treatment and recovery. She accepted that she suffered from depression, stress, and anxiety due to her sudden change in life, specifically her movement into college and life without her parents. The initial treatment plan focused on determining the reasons for low self-esteem, assessing her relationship with her parents to determine how they may have impacted psychological issues that Eliza suffers at the present day. The initial treatment goal was to prevent ...

Abstract

One of the most prevalent addictions in our society that has far-reaching social, economic and psychological ramifications is alcoholism. At least 16.3 million Americans who are above 18 years have Alcohol Use Disorder as at 2014. However, not everyone who consumes or excessively consumes alcohol ends up with alcohol use disorder. This study speculates that persons with alcohol addiction have an inherently addictive personality and goes ahead to propose a study to investigate it. Using a random sample, a two group-study will be implemented. Personality test will be used to collect information on addictive personality. A t-test for two-groups ...

Social fear is considered to be a form of social disorder wherein an individual tends to be in a state of anxiety when faced with a certain social situation. This kind of is said to emerge along with other psychological disorders such as depression (Jefferson, 2001). As of today, the cure for this kind of disorder is mainly through psychotheraphy and by medications which are usually considered as highly maintenance. Furthermore, one kind of psychotherapy, which is the so-called cognitive behavioral therapy, is regarded as the most common form of treatment for social phobia (Priyamvada, Kumari, Prakash, & Chaudhury, 2009). ...

Introduction

Cognitive Behavioral Interventions are approaches that use soft instruments to correct or enhance behavioral characteristics of individuals, either to comply with society expectations or to unlearn a particular behavior. A person with a drugs problem may be trained to handle the urges of taking drugs and avoidance of risky situations, with an aim of solving the problems. Cognitive behavioral therapy, commonly referred to as CBT, teaches the subjects a new set of skills designed to increase awareness of thoughts and emotions of an individual. The idea is to re-empower the individual to understand how certain exposures to situations, people ...

Cognitive behavioral therapy is a commonly applied treatment approach aimed to replace the dysfunctional behaviors and thoughts of patients with more accurate and constructive beliefs to relieve their emotional distress. The effectiveness of CBT lies in aspects such as collaboration between the patient and therapist, coping card, and cognitive strategies which help in the therapeutic effectiveness (Wright, 2006). The contribution of such aspects has been highlighted in several study findings in which treatment in both the clinical and research settings has been researched. When it comes to the use of CBT in treating mood disorders, most people would assume ...

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Trauma / children trauma of separation Trauma refers to an emotional shock or wound often having long-lasting effects. This shock or wound could be caused by any accident, violence, or other such incidents, especially in the childhood, when a child feels completely helpless (Kaduson & Schaefer, 2012). Usually, trauma in the childhood is of great impact as the child is unable to use ordinary coping and defensive processes while facing any intolerable danger, anxiety, or instinctual arousal. These situations have such an overwhelming nature that they may result in an everlasting kind of impact on the mind ...

Introduction

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) develops because of exposure to a traumatic experience. According to the Institute of Medicine (2012), the vital element of PTSD is the development of the characteristic symptoms that follow exposure to extreme traumatic stressors, including personal experiences. For an event to cause PTSD, it has should have had an actual or implied dire injury or near death experience to the victim. Such events could also threaten one’s physical and psychological integrity. The most common traumatic events happen during military combat, hostage situations, violent assault, torture, terrorist attacks, and disasters. While PSTD is most common ...

Senior seminar of Psychology

Fairleigh Dickinson University The main point of this paper is to discuss how Cognitive behavioral therapy can be an effective treatment for Posttraumatic stress Disorder. In today’s world we are able to see how this topic is can be relevant to our lives. Not everybody has the misfortunate of having to go through such a tough disorder. But we never know if there will be a time where it might just hit us or significant others. Therefore having knowledge of this disorder is very important especially for those people that are frequently going through tough times in their ...

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Abstract Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that is associated with serious kind of traumatic events and can result in the development of suicidal thoughts. The problem of PTSD can develop in any person, but veterans have more chances of getting this disorder. Moreover, veterans may require more effective ways of treating the disorder as cognitive behavioral therapy, Prolonged Exposure, and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction are unable to give required results. Therefore, spiritual and religious ways of living a life are considered for treating the patients of PTSD, who have developed the problem as a ...

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Cognitive Behavioral therapy (CBT) is a modern approach to solving psychiatric problems. The techniques used in this form of therapy have proved to be effective in many situations. In recent years, cases of depression in women have risen considerable. This study proposes the application of the cognitive behavioral therapy in treating cases of depression in women. A brief introduction is provided to highlight the significance of the study. Through the literature review, the applications and perceived success of CBT is substantiated. A randomized study design will be used to select the study participants. Qualified individuals will be subjected to ...

While much has been hypothesized regarding paranoia, it is of the essence to note that it mainly connotes to a condition whereby an individual develops a feeling of suspicion towards others. Precisely, persons suffering from paranoia tend to harbor the thoughts that other people are against them. In fact, paranoid individuals tend to think that other people intend to harm them (Sarkar et al., 2012). As a result, paranoia makes people develop certain behaviors aligned to being highly conscious. A reflection on the lives of every individual depicts the fact that at one time in life, an individual develops ...

What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder?

Quite often, people experience anxiety when faced with a difficult situation, and the anxiety ends once the situation is resolved. Occasional anxiety is a common phenomenon that people face especially before undertaking tasks for which they have little confidence in accomplishing. Besides, whenever confronted with the need to make important decisions, people tend to experience anxiety over the possible consequences of such decisions. In general, anxiety occurs when one is facing a difficult situation, has to make a difficult decision, or is about to carry out a task that one has no confidence in accomplishing successfully. In all these ...

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Excessive computer use is increasingly becoming a worldwide social problem. The excessive use, otherwise known as Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD) has resulted in a situation where individuals lack adequate socialization skills. Surveys in developed countries such as the US and Europe indicate an alarming prevalence rate among children. There have been numerous proposed solutions aimed at addressing the issue. The aim of this section is to offer a brief overview of these methods and offer reasons for their ineffectiveness. The main reason for the overall ineffectiveness is that children consider the computer and internet as cool technologies. Thus, one ...

Psychology

Introduction For many years, leadership has been the subject of discussion among scholars and the concept of leaderships branches out to several theories that explains its core characteristics. Leadership theories, concepts, and models of application vary according to the professional environment in which a leadership role is warranted. In the field of social work, leadership is an important characteristic that fosters change for the betterment of the population that the profession serves. In this discussion, leadership theories will be examined and linking the concept to approaches and application relevant to the social work profession. In addition, the discussion will ...

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The need for gambling disorder treatment increases due to the growth of the gaming operations in the United States of America and globally, there is a rise in recognition of clinical investigators together with the creation of awareness among the public to be able to assess gambling symptoms and its harmful consequences on the lives and overall function of gamblers. In this effort to recognize and ameliorate the symptoms of gambling, instruments were created to identify the severity of the gambling symptoms and also any changes that are reflected due to changes from treatment. In empirical research, a variety ...

Identification of key search words and bibliography

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Abstract Identification of key search words is an important step in any research or study. This process can be done by selecting a draft title, and further exploring the words or phrases in that draft title in the form of synonyms or related terms. This search word can then further be explored in different online databases. After searching the key words in the databases, a researcher is able to find bibliographies that can be used in the paper. That bibliographic information helps in further exploring the information. In this study, key search words for the use ...

Depression is a mental medical condition that is characterized by a persistent and pervasive low mood, loss of enjoyment in normally pleasurable activities accompanied by a low self-esteem (Howell 2). Depression is a disabling medical condition that can affect negatively an individual’s work, family, eating habits, school life, the general health and social interactions. In the United States, for example, 3.3% of the total deaths are caused by suicide and other mood related disorders (Howell 2). An increase in the cases of deaths and other criminal activities due to depression in the US has caused a lot of ...

Introduction

Though personality disorders are described by researchers as being widespread and incapacitating, there have been developments in the field, and they have focused on understanding this disorder with intent to treat (Lenzenweger, 2008). Settling on a comprehensive definition, assessment approaches and the management of these disorders has been problematic because of the varying dimensions and impacts to individuals and the general society (Clarkin, Lenzenweger & Meehan, 2015). According to Widiger (2003), individuals often have self-distinguishing approaches to creating and developing relationships, expressing their feelings and thinking. On the same, while some people are outgoing, others have been described as being ...