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TREATMENT OF ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR

THERAPY AND TREATMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Teaching people to stop blaming themselves for failures and negative circumstances beyond their control is of most direct concern to ____ therapists.
A
psychoanalytic
B
cognitive
C
eclectic
D
client-centered
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on changing the automatic negative thoughts that can contribute to and worsen our emotional difficulties, depression, and anxiety. These spontaneous negative thoughts also have a detrimental influence on our mood.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cognitive therapy was developed by psychiatrist Aaron Beck in the 1960s. His initial focus was on depression and how a client’s self-defeating attitude served to maintain a depression despite positive factors in her life (Beck, Rush, Shaw, & Emery, 1979)(Figure 1).

Detailed explanation-3: -Rational-emotive behavior therapy (REBT) is a confrontational cognitive therapy that actively challenges irrational beliefs.

Detailed explanation-4: -Cognitive-behavioral therapy aims to change cognitive distortions and self-defeating behaviors using techniques like the ABC model. With this model, there is an Action (sometimes called an activating event), the Belief about the event, and the Consequences of this belief.

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