Describe one type of cognitive therapy. Include information about its theoretical background, how it seeks to help people, and its key concepts

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Answer 1

* Rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT) rests on the assumption that our emotional responses are an outgrowth of our cognitions and was proposed by Albert Ellis.
* REBT is represented in the ABC framework: an activating event, a belief, and consequences.
* REBT therapists question clients' interpretations of events to help them detect irrational thoughts and develop alternate beliefs. (See Table 13-2, p. 544.)
* Aaron Beck's cognitive therapy is most useful for depression; depressed people view their world, themselves, and their future negatively as represented in the cognitive triad.
* These distorted interpretations often lead to automatic thoughts that are not normally seen as plausible and are frequently followed by unpleasant emotions.
* The goal is to have the client consider automatic thoughts and distortions from a more objective standpoint.
* Stress inoculation training enables people to cope with stressful events that can lead to anger, anxiety, and pain.
* The person begins to examine the situations that cause stress in order to uncover beliefs and attitudes that lead the client to view situations as stressful.
* Stress inoculation then asks the client to practice the self-talk statements he/she has developed to handle such situations.