Theories of Counseling: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Jennifer Z Lewis Liberty University Abstract Cognitive behavioral therapy is a form of treatment that helps clients detect and change dysfunctional and false thought and behavioral patterns through restructuring of their thought process. Cognitive behavioral therapy has shown to be effective with many areas of mental distress including depression‚ anxiety‚ eating disorders‚ and substance abuse. Cognitive behavioral therapy has three main founders:
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Behavioral Finance is a subject closely related to Behavioral Economics. Scientific research on human‚ social‚ cognitive and emotional biases is used to better understand economic decisions and how they affect Finance‚ in particular market prices‚ returns and the allocation of resources. There is a very interesting and rich history of Behavioral Finace rooted in Behavior Economics and psychology‚ and today Behavioral Finance is a very important fundamental of finance and can be used to making financial
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Efficient market hypothesis (EMH)‚ first promulgated by Eugene F. Fama (1970)‚ suggests that financial markets price assets precisely at their intrinsic worth given all publicly available information. Though several empirical works strongly confirm market efficiency‚ some of the hypotheses do not agree with the efficient market hypothesis‚ such as behavior finance hypothesis. This essay will discuss the assumption of efficient market hypothesis and implications when these assumptions do not hold
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Market Hypothesis and its drawbacks rather one has to go for a behavioral explanation of investor ’s irrationality in a consistent and correlated manner. Thus comes Behavioral Finance‚ the study of the influence of psychology on the behavior of financial practitioners and the subsequent effect on market‚ into existence. In this study I have tried to analyze the concept of behavioral finance along with its four theories to explain the behavioral aspect of investors. This paper also focuses on its limitations
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Behavioral Sciences: Sociological Issues in America A large sociological issue that America faces today is the impact made by people abusing the government assistance program. Medicaid was developed as a program to assist those who are truly in need of help in order to survive. Healthcare costs can be a burden to both the rich and the poor. Those costs can often make it impossible for some to seek medical care due to the fact that they cannot afford it. Medicaid was set up to help these people
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SKILL: Coping QUESTION: Describe a high-pressure situation you had to handle at work or school. What happened‚ who was involved and what did you do in terms of resolution? ANSWER A high pressure situation for me happened during my last semester where I needed to catch up with my grades in psychology. I incurred a grade of 3.0. Although pressured‚ I overcame this with resolving to myself to get a higher grade. So i exerted more effort in my studies as in listening more during discussions and
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Introduction Among the behavioural disorders that are commonly diagnosed‚ Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is the most prevalent among youth and children. It is a persistent disorder that is attributed to neurobehavioral problems. About 3%-5% of all the children in America are affected by ADHD (NINDS Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder Information Page‚ 2011). The disorder is characterized by inability to concentrate or focus on
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The behavioral perspective that exemplifies how external environmental events condition our observable behavior. People and animals behave as they normal would everyday due to their environment and past experiences. Scientific methodology takes up a huge part in behaviorism and how studies can be objectively measured. Our environment and what we are faced with daily affects our observable behavior (aka our response). When it comes to the behavioral perspective‚ there are two types of conditioning:
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Counselor met with Pt. for his mandatory individual session. In this session‚ Pt. processed his goals for treatment his stage of change. Pt. agreed with this writer that he needs to obtain a sponsor‚ attend recovery meetings‚ and maintain meaningful employment and safe housing that is conducive of his recovery. Pt. talked about bonding with his father and rebuild their relationship. He talked about rebuilding his relationship with his parents who continue to support his recovery. Client also reviewed
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Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is a psychotherapeutic approach that addresses dysfunctional emotions‚ behaviours‚ and cognitions through a goal-oriented‚ systematic process. The name refers to behaviour therapy‚ cognitive therapy‚ and to therapy based upon a combination of basic behavioural and cognitive research. CBT was primarily developed through an integration of behaviour therapy (first popularized by Edward Thorndike) with cognitive therapy (developed by Aaron Beckand and Albert Ellis)
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