COGNITIVE BEHAVIOUR THERAPY
Aaron Temkin Beck
 Born on July 18, 1921
 He was the youngest of five children.
Beck went on to graduate from Brown
University in 1942 where he majored in
English and Political Science. He then
earned his M.D. from Yale University in
1946. In 1950, Beck married Phyllis W.
Beck and the couple went on to have
four children. His daughter, Judith S.
Beck, is also an influential cognitive-
behavioral therapist who also serves as
the President of the Beck Institute for
Cognitive Behavior Therapy.
BASIC CONCEPT OF CBT
 CBT is based on the idea that how we
think (cognition), how we feel (emotion)
and how we act (behavior) all interact
together. Specifically, our thoughts
determine our feelings and our behavior.
 CBT aims to help people become aware
of when they make negative
interpretations, and of behavioral
patterns which reinforce the distorted
thinking. Cognitive therapy helps people
to develop alternative ways of thinking
and behaving which aims to reduce their
psychological distress.
THE GOAL OF THE
COUNSELOR/COUNSELEE
o COUNSELOR
 Helping clients understand how distorted
perceptions and thoughts contribute to
painful feelings
 The therapist’s role is to listen, teach,
and encourage
o COUNSELEE
 Clients role is to express concerns, learn
and implement that learning.
 Therefore, CBT therapists do not tell
their clients what to do, rather, they
search for client strengths and use them
to teach their clients how to do.
VIEWS OF HUMAN NATURE
1. An organism needs to process information in
an adaptive way in order to survive
2. Psychological distress is the ultimate
consequence of the interaction of the innate,
biological, developmental and environmental
factors.
3. It is our cognitions, which includes our
thoughts, beliefs and the manner in which we
perceive a situation, that are the basis, how we
act and how we feel.
4. The cognitive model prices that
dysfunctional thinking (which influences the
patient's mood and behavior) is common to all
psychological disturbances.
TREATMENT TECHNIQUES
 Validity testing
 Cognitive rehearsal
 Guided discovery
 Journaling
 Homework
 Modeling
Reporters:
Bitancor, Nerizza
Escondo, Jesserie
Malinao, Shiela
Panugao, Bernadette
Raborar, Luzel Ivy
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