DBT (dialectical behavior therapy)
Uses mindfulness to help regulate emotions and behavior associated with depression. Best used with
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mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
Teaching patients to integrate mindfulness with cognitive concepts to regulate emotions. Working on cognitive distortions.
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Mindfulness based stress reduction therapy
Mindfulness techniques to work on stress
REBT (Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy)
Irrational beliefs about events. Thinking and feeling affects behaviors. We change these irrational beliefs by ABC theory (turn negative thoughts to positive). Stop sabotaging with "shoulds"
Role of leader
Model behaviors and challenge beliefs. Use humor. Teach and set realistic goals and provide unconditional acceptance.
Emotive Methods
Shame attacking, humor, unconditional acceptance, push your ass to face fears, imagery.
Motivational Interviewing
Client focused, help with change and helping with ambivalence about change
Stages of Change
precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance
What happens in precontemplation stage of change
No intention of changing a behavior pattern
what happens in the contemplation stage of change
people are aware of a problem and are considering overcoming it, but haven't taken action
What happens in the preparation stage of change
Intend to take immediate action and report some small behavioral change
Action stage of change model
taking steps to modify behavior
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Maintenance stage of change
work to consolidate gains and prevent relapse
What happens if steps are skipped in the Change Model?
Go back through the steps again
REBT (rational emotive behavior therapy) with school children
Role playing, imagery and skill acquisition and teach rational beliefs
Contemporary Reality Therapy
Assumption is personal responsibility of the client, take responsibility for actions. Group leader uses questions to help clients understand needs and want (do you want to change, is that a need or want, if you changes how would you feel better).
WDEP system
Wants, Doing/direction, evaluation and planning. Planning is to plan on using behaviors to be responsible for action.
Choice Theory
Human behavior is purposeful and comes from the person to meet needs. We are motivated by innate forces.
Solution Focused Counseling
Clients have the solutions, they are just overly focused on problems at the moment.
Positive psychology
focused on what is right and working for people
stress inoculation training
exposure of lower levels of stress to "vaccinate against higher levels as in PTSD.
techniques used in Stress inoculation training
stress education, relaxation, cognitive restructuring, Socratic dialogue, mindfulness, self-reinforcement, environmental change and lifestyle changes, skill acquisition
Coping skill in stress inoculation training
graded task assignment. Start low in stress and then higher stress while relaxing
Buddy System
members use each other for support (reality and cognitive groups)
Dyadic support system
psycho-educational, used with kids where we try to improve parent/child relationships
Peer reinforcement system
sponsor system like AA
Stages of solution focused therapy
1. Find out what group members want.
2. look for what they are doing that is working go in that direction.
3. If not working, encourage to experiment with something different.
4. keep therapy brief by approaching each session as the last session.
Stages of CBT
Initial, working, final [Show Less]