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Posted by happyflower on June 27, 2005, at 20:24:41
My T said their are 3 main types of ways to see emotions. He said cogentive, behavior, and I forgot the other one.
My T says he is mostly congitive. Now I always see others put congitive and behavior together (CBT). So can anyone explain this? Is there a difference between congitive and CBT therapy? I find it very confusing. He did explain the diffences, but when I come to this board I always see CBT. Any help would be great!
Posted by alexandra_k on June 27, 2005, at 20:59:55
In reply to question for T's in training :), posted by happyflower on June 27, 2005, at 20:24:41
> My T said their are 3 main types of ways to see emotions. He said cogentive, behavior, and I forgot the other one.
Psychodynamic???
Different varieties have broadly different theories of the role of emotions. There can also be considerable variation between different theorists who are typically considered to be working within the same framework.
There are many different models of emotions... Many different models...
> My T says he is mostly congitive. Now I always see others put congitive and behavior together (CBT). So can anyone explain this? Is there a difference between congitive and CBT therapy? I find it very confusing. He did explain the diffences, but when I come to this board I always see CBT. Any help would be great!
Roughly...
First there were the Freudians
(psychodynamic models evolved from there)
Then there were the behaviourists.
The behaviourists thought that much of the psychodynamic claims (and there are a variety of different ones) were not scientifically testable. They responded to this by attempting to purge cognitive terms (belief, desire, etc) from psychology. Behaviourists focus on observable behaviour. They have developed treatments such as exposure, desensitisation, relaxation, and alteration of reinforcement contingencies.
The cognitive theorists thought that you can study cognitive states (beliefs desires etc) scientifically and so they change the emphasis back to cognitive restructuring (for example).Most practitioners claim to be eclectic. To be eclectic is to 'take what works'. Basically... They borrow the best (most effective) techniques from wherever, and typically consider themselves to be cognitive behaviour therapists because most of the techniques that have been scientifically shown to be helpful are the ones that I mentioned above.
Whether they can get a coherent theory out of a hodge podge practice is another matter (IMO).
Some CBT therapists are more inclined towards the behaviourists insights about the cause of behaviour (history of reinforcement). Others are more inclined towards the cognitivists insights (about the interpretation / misinterpretation of levels of physiological arousal).
Posted by alexandra_k on June 27, 2005, at 21:14:02
In reply to question for T's in training :), posted by happyflower on June 27, 2005, at 20:24:41
I haven’t read it yet, but this looks comprehensive:
Posted by happyflower on June 30, 2005, at 22:29:14
In reply to Re: question for T's in training :), posted by alexandra_k on June 27, 2005, at 21:14:02
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