Cognitive Behavior Therapy

Hi my name is veronica Talia and I will be

presenting about CBT therapy used for play intervention for Children.

What is cognitive behavioral

therapy?

I'm sure some people have heard about the term CBT.

CBT is a form of therapy

especially from clinical psychologists who are trying

to treat extreme cases of anxiety,

post traumatic stress disorder,

depression,

mood disorders and other forms of mental illness.

CBT therapy is basically valuable because it is goal centered.

Um It is allowing the client to think behave and react

differently in a healthier way

to their triggers.

Basically it is saying that the behavioral

responses that the client already has are distorted

and this treatment is proven successful and that is why it is remade

basically CBT focuses on learning

the healthy behaviors

by effective problem solving

um In order to triumph the distortion of beliefs

um The negative thoughts um and the inability to

you know continue on with work social and play.

Um As just as normal

continuing on an example of CBT is actually exposure therapy.

Um exposure therapy is one form of just exposing um clients to their fears head on.

In other words um It is used for

people who struggle with phobias, panic disorders.

O. C. D. Social anxiety disorders.

PTSD

and generalized anxiety disorder.

Um Some

some examples actually include virtual reality exposure

which is just seeing through a different lens

into basically whatever the fear is on on a screen.

Um And visualizing yourself exposed to it

in order to help the reaction.

Um In vivo exposure and inter oh accepted

exposure are similar processes um All are just targeted

at helping the individual to face whatever their fear is head on and to not avoid it.

Um

And two

just be able to get through whatever it is that is bothering them

um by pinpointing the reality and uncovering whatever it is the root of the trauma.

So um basically the virtual reality exposure

is another form of the exposure therapy.

Um So

basically the clients as in this photo displayed um

it's a way of centralizing the fear by presenting them with the actual

vivid sights and sounds

of the unwanted stimuli of whatever it is that is a trigger.

Um An example could include um a patient who is

from the military and you know has gone through trauma.

Um Sometimes loud noises are a huge issue for them or just seeing

um something um is a huge trigger for them hearing.

Um Just anything like the littlest things um by using virtual reality exposure,

it's a way for them to be exposed to that trauma and to be able to handle it

by teaching them ways to cope.

Another form of CBT therapy is journaling.

Um So actually CBT therapists recommend journaling because

it is

essential

to process whatever it is, the difficult emotion.

Um The difficult behaviors and beliefs um

um An outside event sometimes when we don't process a traumatic event,

we end up just um

you know

shutting down

or

pretending like it doesn't exist

and that can only happen for so long

um because it actually isn't healthy. Um CBT therapists say that

journaling is just the best way to hear your own thoughts

um Taking time

to be on your own and to just write out exactly

what is going on and your reactions and how you're feeling.

Um It could be a simple journal prompt as how am

I feeling today or something as little as that that can

allow you to process um whatever it is

you're struggling internally with um in response to something

that was triggering or in response to some sort

of a difficult situation that you're dealing with.

So um basically CBT therapists name

Um three Basic principles um which

they are critical to therapeutic journaling

which are

basically the falsify ability

um

and that's basically altering information

um or evidence of something that's like misleading

um Like a misleading thought countering that misleading

thought um with like a true actual evidence

um

situation. So sometimes we think that

something is a certain way when

the evidence proves that it isn't so combating a negative thought

um kind of like you know,

I uh I don't think I did well in um that interview um and providing evidence like

um what makes you think that you didn't do well what makes you think you failed it?

Um Did someone say that?

Did someone end the interview early? Did

was there some sort of a

and evidence for whatever it is you're feeling.

Um So falsify ability is really important in journaling.

Next is non judgment.

Um I think this is one of

the most important principles in journaling especially because

we tend to be really hard on ourselves.

Every single person is probably the worst judge.

Um because you know,

we tend to judge ourselves before we judge others or it could be vice versa.

Um But basically the principle of non

judgment is basically allowing yourself to freely express

yourself in writing without judgment,

not judging the fact that

you're reacting in a certain way, not judging your feelings,

letting them be as they are and reading them for as they are and accepting them.

Um The last principle is detailed

so being as descriptive as possible. And journaling is really important

because sometimes there are little details that we leave out that are actually

critical um to uncovering the root cause of a trauma or a root cause

of

something that is really affecting us on a day to day basis.

Um and

Basically by going through the three principles and by journaling on

a regular basis at least like 30 minutes a day.

15-30

psychologists recommend

it actually

is life changing for some, it could,

it allows them to bring in whatever it is they're feeling into therapy

and to confront it and to move on.

That's essential is to accept the situation for as it is um to not reject it and

to feel it feel the emotions like a

wave that's what as psychologists try to recommend.

Um and then next is to basically describe the event um in

in words um using objective experiential falsify a ble method like we

um explained earlier just um you know

combating those those negative thoughts um what are

what is evidence that that is true?

So describing it in detail,

observing whatever it is,

whatever connection that's happening and you're writing,

observing it um and holding it for as it is and challenging it.

So as I explained earlier, just challenging negative thinking is so important.

Um Next is the abc model of cognition. The activating event

basically leading to the beliefs and the consequences.

Um So that actually the event is a thing that actually elicits a reaction

and um basically with with that um

that affects

you know

the consequences.

Um but obviously the beliefs how we think in response to the activating event

is huge because

the activity event

um that can't be controlled.

However our beliefs really affect our consequences. And

it is so so important to realize that our

thoughts can either make or break a situation or

or our thoughts can really determine our attitudes and

then that becomes the person that we are.

So it's really essential to realize um that we can

change our beliefs and CBT therapy allows us to do.

So

I'm an example is I hear a dog barking

um and

I think back to my own childhood pub

which is just the thinking.

Um And I feel fuzzy and joyful. So that is basically the response.

Um So

basically

a

has a huge and direct

relationship with

the consequence of the activating event.

Um And CBT ensures that if we can change the beliefs in response to the activating

the activation of the stimulus then the consequences of

our reactions to it and our behaviors will change

history basically more history is that CBT

um started off as a restructuring of cognitive thinking.

Um was first introduced as behavioral therapy.

And um one of the first clinical psychologist came up with a bell and pad procedure

which was basically a

a

method of

treatment for bedwetting which was a huge issue um

when kids were being raised by their by their parents.

Um A lot of them struggled with bedwetting and

parents didn't know how to deal with it.

So they found a way of using the bell and the pad just to activate urination.

And this um behavioral intervention actually was really useful.

Um Classical conditioning. Um Just Pavlov's classical conditioning methods

unconditioned stimulus.

The food, the unconditioned response um was the drooling.

Um and then adding a neutral stimulus which was the whistle

um impairing the whistle and the food to

the activated an unconditioned response of the salvation.

And um

next is operate, conditioning is another form

of

basically

and introducing the behavioral analysis is one of the first um ways

that psychologists did so early on um was just adding re enforcers and

um the positive stimulus and negative stimulus and

seeing the reactions of clients in response to

um just the positive negative and then the consequences

and adding or taking away the re enforcers.

So there are obvious differences between classical conditioning and operating.

Um definitely the nature of response, the timing

um of the stimulus and the timing of the response and the role of the learner

um has a huge effect on both.

And um overall uh this presentation um just was a way that

I could show that CBT is definitely very useful and widely popularized.

Um former play based intervention.

Um I used as an example because I believe it actually works.

I've had my own personal experience with CBT therapist and I

find it that you know when the client does the work especially

um it is really helpful and it's life changing. So there are techniques for people

you know from CBT

coping with all kinds of mental illness and

learning

what they are and learning

to develop the right attitude

and healthier behavioral responses is

basically allowing the person to face whatever it is

that is keeping them from being a whole individual.

Um

And doing the things that they are meant to do in their life and to live um purposely

with values and to know that um they can seek out help and find safety in in others

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