Bshs 311 Personal Model Of Helping Research Paper
Personal Model of Helping
BSHS 311
August 11, 2014
Personal Model of Helping Throughout this course I learned about many models and theories related to behavioral therapy. My endeavor during the last five weeks through the world of behavioral theories has ignited and opened my eyes to a career that I never thought that I was ready for or even in to. In this paper about personal models of helping, the following topics about cognitive behavioral therapy will be explored: How and why my viewpoint was formed from the following personal models, my view of helping, the relationship between the clinician and the participant regarding this model, techniques or approaches to change, and a coherent model that is consistent …show more content…
According to The Albert Ellis Institute “Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or CBT was developed my Dr. Albert Ellis in 1955 and it was developed individuals manage their emotional, behavioral and cognitive disturbances.”(para. 1) The Cognitive Model as described by The Beck Institute of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is “how peoples perceptions of, or spontaneous thoughts about, situations influence their emotional, behavioral reactions.”(para. 1). So what does this mean in plainly? It means that every persons emotional reactions are a result of their environment and their environment is the result of their emotional reactions. CBT seeks to take someones distorted or dysfunctional thoughts and behaviors and correct them so that they resemble something closer to a reality. These maladaptive behaviors are unhealthy and unproductive to an individuals life and can create an environment that promotes anxiety, depression, and …show more content…
Originally Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) was created by Dr. Albert Ellis in 1955 and later developed by many other therapist. The basic and original thought behind CBT was that problems were not caused by situations alone, but how we, as individuals, interpret these situations, which cause out emotional responses and actions (BBC, 2014). This thinking when it started was considered so different and untrue. The thought in the 1950s when this theory was created was that each persons emotions came from themselves, not because of the situations in that environment. Personally, was my grandfather was still around, he always told me that no matter how hard something becomes, a persons character defines their emotions, he was a firm believer that a persons behavior was a product of themselves, because this is how god made everyone. This had never made sense to me, and so I shrugged whenever i heard this
BSHS 311
August 11, 2014
Personal Model of Helping Throughout this course I learned about many models and theories related to behavioral therapy. My endeavor during the last five weeks through the world of behavioral theories has ignited and opened my eyes to a career that I never thought that I was ready for or even in to. In this paper about personal models of helping, the following topics about cognitive behavioral therapy will be explored: How and why my viewpoint was formed from the following personal models, my view of helping, the relationship between the clinician and the participant regarding this model, techniques or approaches to change, and a coherent model that is consistent …show more content…
According to The Albert Ellis Institute “Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or CBT was developed my Dr. Albert Ellis in 1955 and it was developed individuals manage their emotional, behavioral and cognitive disturbances.”(para. 1) The Cognitive Model as described by The Beck Institute of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is “how peoples perceptions of, or spontaneous thoughts about, situations influence their emotional, behavioral reactions.”(para. 1). So what does this mean in plainly? It means that every persons emotional reactions are a result of their environment and their environment is the result of their emotional reactions. CBT seeks to take someones distorted or dysfunctional thoughts and behaviors and correct them so that they resemble something closer to a reality. These maladaptive behaviors are unhealthy and unproductive to an individuals life and can create an environment that promotes anxiety, depression, and …show more content…
Originally Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) was created by Dr. Albert Ellis in 1955 and later developed by many other therapist. The basic and original thought behind CBT was that problems were not caused by situations alone, but how we, as individuals, interpret these situations, which cause out emotional responses and actions (BBC, 2014). This thinking when it started was considered so different and untrue. The thought in the 1950s when this theory was created was that each persons emotions came from themselves, not because of the situations in that environment. Personally, was my grandfather was still around, he always told me that no matter how hard something becomes, a persons character defines their emotions, he was a firm believer that a persons behavior was a product of themselves, because this is how god made everyone. This had never made sense to me, and so I shrugged whenever i heard this