Cognitive Therapy Research Paper

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy

Cognitive Therapy
Introduction
Cognitive Therapy (CT) is a psychotherapy that concentrations on the processes of cognition, that is, the process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through ones experience, thoughts and senses. The result process of organizing and structuring information is what cognitive therapist call schemas (Dobson, 2012). Schemas are categorized chunks of knowledge about one’s self, their environment and their perceived future (Dobson, 2012). You can have a schema for cooking and for political party alliance. Individuals rely heavily on schemas, as they allow us to efficiently make sense of the world, they quickly allow us to form expectations, and make
Research has demonstrated the efficacy of CT for broad arrange of psychological problems. It has also to a lesser extent-established efficacy for working with individuals of all ages and of various populations (Corey, 2009; Hays, 1995). Extensive research on CT for the adult populations has proven to be effective treatment of major depressive order, generalized anxiety disorders, social phobias, substance abuse, and obsessive-compulsive disorders (Corey, 2009; Dobson 2012). For children and adolescents CT has proven to be effective in problems related to aggression, anxiety, social anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, social ideation and eating disorders (Corey, 2009; Dobson 2012; Friedberg & McClure, 2002). Cognitive therapy by design is flexible and can be tailored to the individual so it should come to no surprise that it spans not only disorders but also populations. With that noted the strength of CT still resides is its ability to support adults who suffer from depression (Dobson, 2012). Counseling setting. CT is gaining applicable application to a variety of psychological disorders that span age and ethnic demographics as previously noted (Corey, 2009). However, research on CT demonstrates it is most applicable in a clinical setting working with depressed adults (Gloagune, Cottraux, Cucherat, & Blackburn, 1998). This may be due the fact that most researchers and influential practitioners who work with CT operate in a clinical setting. This
Research has shown that children and adults who grow up or live in poverty or who have a low socioeconomic status suffer from more mental health problems that those who don’t. It also neglects to understand the fundamental underpinning that affects the psychological health of minorities who face societal oppressions. I think greater good can come from understanding the underpinning. Limitation. One limitations associated with Cognitive therapy is its narrow approach to solving client problems. Cognitive therapy focuses directly on the individuals here and now cognitions and that changing the client’s thoughts does not address the foundational causes of abnormality. This narrow limitation is also demonstrated in CT ability to address or acknowledge environmental and societal influences that may affect distorted cognitions. Strength. What is seen as limitation can also be seen as a strength. CT approach concentrates on individual cognitions that are presently affecting them. These cognitions do not depend on the client’s history or genetic makeup as these things may often have an unclear connection. It is very direct, structured and time limited, which clients appreciate, they understand what they are getting into and can understand what they will be doing and why, I find its transparency very