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Micro Theories and Intervention
Micro Theories and Intervention
Micro Theories and Intervention
Crits-Christoph, 1998
Cognitive Behavioral Theory
= CBT
The following website has many handouts for information on CBT for
anxiety disorders:
https://www.anxietybc.com/resources/video/introduction-creating-
map-my-anxiety-plan
CBT has not been proven
helpful in all cases
Positive “Green” Unhelpful “Red”
thoughts thoughts
All or nothing Magnifying
thinking the negative
Predicting
failure
Labelling •Mind reading
•Fortune teller
All or nothing Magnifying
thinking the negative
Predicting
failure
Labelling • Mind reading
• Fortune teller
All or nothing Magnifying
thinking the negative
Predicting
failure
Labelling • Mind reading
• Fortune teller
“I’m so hopeless…I’ll never be good at
anything.”
1. 1.
2. 2.
4. 4.
5. 5.
Anxious Feeling
TRIGGER
Angry Behaviour
Negative Thoughts
Feeling Angry
TRIGGER
love/caring
I accept myself even though I __________
(do not use the word "am")
Strengths
Successes
Exceptions
Achievement of change
What do you want?
When does that already happen a
little?
What do you hope will be different?
What’s the next step?
Assumptions Tools
Divorce
Loss
Traumatic event
Others
CLIENT
TIME
Symptoms within 1 month of traumatic event
Anxiety, numbing, reduced awareness of
surroundings, life is unreal, detached feeling,
difficulty concentrating, inability to remember
important details of the trauma
Acute Distress Disorder symptoms plus:
3 or more months after the event
Flashbacks, recurring frightening dreams about the
event, extreme distress reactions when reminded of
the event
Emotional support
Communicate belief in client’s ability to cope
(hope)
Ask questions to facilitate thinking
Options
Plan actions & anticipate consequences of
future actions with client
May need to move from feelings to thinking
Boil down problem
Focus on present
Explore options and alternatives
Explore Social supports
Review resources, internal and external
Make a clear plan
Ask client to summarize the plan
Evaluation, termination, and affirmation
State follow-up plan
McColdrick, M., & Gerson, R. (1985). Genograms in
family assessment. New York: Norton.
Minuchin, S., & Fishman, H. (1981). Techniques of
family therapy. Cambridge, MA: Harvard
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Sherman, R., & Fredman, N. (1986). Handbook of
structural techniques in marriage and family
therapy. New York: Brunner/Mazel.
Stuart, R. (1989). Helping couples change. New York:
Guildford Press.
Distress Centre,
Calgary 1990
members are deceitful and destructive to one
another
A client comes in with the goal of dealing with
their private individual issue.
Using a Social
Work lens
(meta-
perspective):
critical
society based
context-aware
constructionist
Lambert, M. J., & Cattani-Thompson, K. (1996).
Current findings regarding the effectiveness of
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Greenberg & Mitchell (1983). Object relations in
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de Shazer, S. (1988). Clues: Investigating solutions in
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Sheafor & Horejsi (2008). Techniques and guidelines
for social work practice.
Crits-Christoph, P. (1998). Training in empirically validated
treatments: The Division 12 APA Task Force recommendations. In
K. S. Dobson & K. D. Craig (Eds.), Empirically supported therapies:
Best practice in professional psychology (pp. 3-25). Thousand Oaks,
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Salkovskis, P. M. (1996). Frontiers in cognitive therapy. New York, NY:
Guilford.
Burns, D. (1989). The feeling good handbook: Using the new mood therapy
in everyday life. New York, NY: William Morrow.
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therapy treatment manual for clients. New York, NY: Guilford.
Locke, Myers, et al (Eds.). The handbook of
counseling.Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Dorfman, R. Paradigms of clinical social work.
Seligman, & Reichenberg (2009). Theories of counseling
and psychotherapy: systems, strategies, and skills.
Gurman, & Messer. Essential psychotherapies: theory
and practice.
O’Hare, T. Evidence-based practices for social workers.
Capuzzi, & Gross. Counseling and psychotherapy:
theories and interventions.