Summary Of Cognitive Behavior Theory
Provide a brief scenario;
The Opportunity House is psycho-social program where individuals that have certain mental health capacity come to learn how to be comfortable in the real world. They also facilitate groups such as; life skills, nutrition, men, and women’s group. They have environmental and dietary groups to help the members be prepared for employment. One of my clients that I grew a very close rapport with started expressing to me how he wanted to start working again and how he feels as thou his case worker is not working sufficiently with him. This client is diagnosed with schizophrenia, but it appears he is very good at controlling it. He keeps to himself because he frequently gets irritated over small things that members do, so …show more content…
Its goal is to change patterns of thinking or behavior that are behind people’s difficulties, and so change the way they feel. It is used to help treat a wide range of issues in a person’s life, from sleeping difficulties or relationship problems, to drug and alcohol abuse or anxiety and depression (In-Depth, 2016). CBT works by changing people’s attitudes and their behavior by focusing on the thoughts, images, beliefs and attitudes that are held, a person’s cognitive processes and how these processes relate to the way a person behaves, as a way of dealing with emotional problems. My client relates to this theory because his thoughts effects is mode. When he is having negative thoughts, he acts out negatively towards other …show more content…
He invented the term automatic thoughts to describe emotion-filled thoughts that might pop up in the mind. Beck found that people weren’t always fully aware of such thoughts, but could learn to identify and report them (In-Depth, 2016). If a person was feeling upset in some way, the thoughts were usually negative and neither realistic nor helpful. Beck found that identifying these thoughts was the key to the client understanding and overcoming his or her difficulties (In-Depth, 2016).
Identify multicultural issues that must be considered as you develop your understanding of your clients presented in the scenario. How does each theory address diversity and multicultural issues?
I do not see a multicultural issue between the theories for my client. As I develop and better understand my client, I want to be able to work with him to keep a positive attitude towards other member. I believe if he changes his mind set and his thoughts about members in the program, he could gain more socialization skill. Once this skill increases he should be able to gain friends within the
The Opportunity House is psycho-social program where individuals that have certain mental health capacity come to learn how to be comfortable in the real world. They also facilitate groups such as; life skills, nutrition, men, and women’s group. They have environmental and dietary groups to help the members be prepared for employment. One of my clients that I grew a very close rapport with started expressing to me how he wanted to start working again and how he feels as thou his case worker is not working sufficiently with him. This client is diagnosed with schizophrenia, but it appears he is very good at controlling it. He keeps to himself because he frequently gets irritated over small things that members do, so …show more content…
Its goal is to change patterns of thinking or behavior that are behind people’s difficulties, and so change the way they feel. It is used to help treat a wide range of issues in a person’s life, from sleeping difficulties or relationship problems, to drug and alcohol abuse or anxiety and depression (In-Depth, 2016). CBT works by changing people’s attitudes and their behavior by focusing on the thoughts, images, beliefs and attitudes that are held, a person’s cognitive processes and how these processes relate to the way a person behaves, as a way of dealing with emotional problems. My client relates to this theory because his thoughts effects is mode. When he is having negative thoughts, he acts out negatively towards other …show more content…
He invented the term automatic thoughts to describe emotion-filled thoughts that might pop up in the mind. Beck found that people weren’t always fully aware of such thoughts, but could learn to identify and report them (In-Depth, 2016). If a person was feeling upset in some way, the thoughts were usually negative and neither realistic nor helpful. Beck found that identifying these thoughts was the key to the client understanding and overcoming his or her difficulties (In-Depth, 2016).
Identify multicultural issues that must be considered as you develop your understanding of your clients presented in the scenario. How does each theory address diversity and multicultural issues?
I do not see a multicultural issue between the theories for my client. As I develop and better understand my client, I want to be able to work with him to keep a positive attitude towards other member. I believe if he changes his mind set and his thoughts about members in the program, he could gain more socialization skill. Once this skill increases he should be able to gain friends within the