Constructivist Psychotherapy

1996 ◽  
Vol 77 (6) ◽  
pp. 345-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald K. Granvold
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Therapy ◽  
Problem Definition ◽  
Treatment Goals ◽  
Remarkable Difference ◽  
Traditional Treatment ◽  
Case Examples ◽  
Knowledge Problem ◽  
Constructivist Intervention ◽  
Therapist Style ◽  
Clinical Problems

Constructivism represents a profound development within cognitivism, posing challenges to many traditional treatment assumptions. The author addresses the remarkable difference between traditional cognitive therapy and constructivism, including the nature of reality, the nature of knowledge, problem definition, treatment goals, assessment, treatment of emotion, and therapist style of intervention. Constructivist metatheory is briefly discussed along with the conceptual bases of the orientation. Constructivist therapy is contrasted with traditional cognitive therapy, and constructivist intervention methods are identified. The article concludes with several case examples in which constructivist methods are applied to clinical problems.

Interventional and Endovascular Tips and Tricks of the Trade

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Patient Selection ◽  
Illustrative Case ◽  
Tips And Tricks ◽  
Case Examples ◽  
Interventional Medicine ◽  
Clinical Problems ◽  
Outside The Box

Through 105 highly-illustrated chapters, Interventional and Endovascular Tips and Tricks of the Trade equips interventional radiologists, surgeons, and cardiologists with unique techniques for solving complex clinical problems that may arise during both vascular and non-vascular procedures. The techniques are presented as succinct steps with particular attention paid to applications, challenges, potential pitfalls, and steps of the procedure. The accessible outline format and illustrative case examples optimize learning, patient selection, and outcomes. Suggested further readings and references are included with each technique. The “outside-the-box” strategies presented in this volume are useful solutions to clinical challenges in the ever-evolving field of interventional medicine.

scholarly journals Cognitive therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder following critical illness and intensive care unit admission

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah Murray ◽  
Nick Grey ◽  
Jennifer Wild ◽  
Emma Warnock-Parkes ◽  
Alice Kerr ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Cognitive Therapy ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
List Type ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Case Examples ◽  
Post Traumatic

Abstract Around a quarter of patients treated in intensive care units (ICUs) will develop symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Given the dramatic increase in ICU admissions during the COVID-19 pandemic, clinicians are likely to see a rise in post-ICU PTSD cases in the coming months. Post-ICU PTSD can present various challenges to clinicians, and no clinical guidelines have been published for delivering trauma-focused cognitive behavioural therapy with this population. In this article, we describe how to use cognitive therapy for PTSD (CT-PTSD), a first line treatment for PTSD recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Using clinical case examples, we outline the key techniques involved in CT-PTSD, and describe their application to treating patients with PTSD following ICU. Key learning aims (1) To recognise PTSD following admissions to intensive care units (ICUs). (2) To understand how the ICU experience can lead to PTSD development. (3) To understand how Ehlers and Clark’s (2000) cognitive model of PTSD can be applied to post-ICU PTSD. (4) To be able to apply cognitive therapy for PTSD to patients with post-ICU PTSD.

A Cognitive Therapy Approach for Adult Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

2003 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 319-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
Russell J. Ramsay ◽  
Anthony L. Rostain
Keyword(s):  
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Cognitive Therapy ◽  
Attention Deficit ◽  
Adult Adhd ◽  
Behavioral Disorder ◽  
Clinical Population ◽  
Psychological Issues ◽  
Therapy Approach ◽  
Case Examples ◽  
Hyperactivity Disorder

While attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most prevalent behavioral disorder of childhood, the past decade has seen a rise in the number of adults presenting for treatment with difficulties related to ADHD. Few treatments (particularly psychosocial treatments) offered to adult patients with ADHD, however, have been empirically tested, much less been grounded in an overarching treatment model that captures the complexity of the various neurobiological, developmental, and psychological issues germane to this clinical population. The purpose of this article is to introduce a cognitive therapy approach for treating adults with ADHD. To do so we will describe the nature of ADHD, discuss some of the clinical issues unique to this diagnosis, and outline a cognitive therapy approach for conceptualizing and treating adult ADHD, integrating a number of case examples.

scholarly journals A Theoretical Integration of Schema Therapy and Cognitive Therapy in OCD Treatment: Goals and Beliefs of the Obsessive Mind (Part I)

Psychology ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 09 (09) ◽  
pp. 2261-2277
Author(s):  
Olga Ines Luppino ◽  
Katia Tenore ◽  
Francesco Mancini ◽  
Barbara Basile
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Therapy ◽  
Schema Therapy ◽  
Treatment Goals ◽  
Theoretical Integration

Cognitive Therapy and Rational-Emotive Therapy: A Dialogue

1987 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 205-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert Ellis ◽  
Jeffrey Young ◽  
George Lockwood
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Therapy ◽  
Emotional Disorders ◽  
Biological Factors ◽  
Rational Emotive Therapy ◽  
Case Examples ◽  
Rational Emotive ◽  
Similarities And Differences

In the dialogue that follows, proponents representing rational-emotive therapy (RET) and cognitive therapy discuss ways in which they would conceptualize and treat various case examples. The similarities and differences in approaches are then examined. It was found that RET takes biological factors heavily into account, whereas cognitive therapy sees learning as primary in the development of emotional disorders; that RET focuses mainly on absolutistic thought, whereas cognitive therapy emphasizes faulty perceptions and inferences as much as absolutistic thought as targets for intervention; and that RET’s style is forceful and directive, whereas cognitive therapy’s style is gentle and more collaborative. In addition, the two approaches were found to differ in their goals for treatment: RET advocates an effort to minimize or eliminate the client’s “musts” and “shoulds”; cognitive therapy aims at moderating such absolutistic thought. Possible factors explaining the origin of these differences are explored.

Admission of Whole Families

1982 ◽  
Vol 27 (8) ◽  
pp. 640-643 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Dydyk ◽  
Glenn French ◽  
Cynthia Gertsman ◽  
Noreen Morrison
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Family Systems ◽  
Alternative Treatment ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Traditional Treatment ◽  
Residential Unit ◽  
Program Description ◽  
Clinical Problems

This is a program description of a short-term residential unit in which whole families are assessed and treated. This unit provides an alternative treatment format for exploring situations where removal of the child appears to be the only remaining option. It also provides an in-depth consultation for agencies who are “stuck” in their treatment of family systems and allows for the teaching of family systems intervention techniques in a non-threatening way. It also allows an opportunity for an external system to reframe, what are, to the involved clinician, impasses with clinical problems. The program, because of its structure, introduces anxiety and tension into systems with chronic mental health problems. It, therefore, serves as, not a panacea, but as an adjunct to more traditional treatment for rigid and resistant systems.

Cognitive Therapy of Religious Depressed Patients: Common Concepts Between Christianity and Islam

2011 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 177-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sasan Vasegh
Keyword(s):  
Psychiatric Disorders ◽  
Cognitive Therapy ◽  
Religious Beliefs ◽  
The Other ◽  
Case Examples ◽  
Depressed Patients ◽  
The World ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
Religious Thoughts

The two most prevalent religions in the world are Christianity and Islam, each having more than one billion followers. It is well known that religious beliefs, including Christian and Islamic thoughts and beliefs, affect the feelings and behaviors of religious people. Many times, the psychopathological thoughts have religious contents. On the other hand, some studies have reported faster recovery of religious anxious and depressed patients by adding religious techniques, cognitions, and behaviors to the usual psychotherapy. This article discusses several religious thoughts and beliefs common to Christianity and Islam that the author has found useful in cognitive therapy of religious depressed patients and offers three case examples to illustrate how to use them. A set of such religious thoughts and concepts has important potential implications: more effective psychotherapy of religious Christian or Muslim patients, decreasing biases towards the patients from the other religion, and designing questionnaires and manuals for assessing the role of these thoughts in treatment or prevention of psychiatric disorders.

Enhancing Creativity in Cognitive Therapy

2000 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin T. Kuehlwein
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Therapy ◽  
Therapy Session ◽  
Case Examples ◽  
Numerous Case ◽  
Cognitive Therapist ◽  
Therapy Treatment

This article explores the nature of creativity in psychotherapy and offers several methods and frameworks with which to enhance creativity as a cognitive therapist. It reviews the methodologically permissive parameters of Beck’s model, while providing a framework for enfolding methods from other models so as to retain the cognitive character of these interventions when used within the cognitive therapy session. It also extrapolates from Edward deBono’s model of how to improve the quality of thinking to suggest specific interventions as well as general principles that can be used or adapted in cognitive therapy treatment. Numerous case examples are given and further resources for nurturing and generating creativity are provided.

A cognitive therapy intervention for suicide attempters: An overview of the treatment and case examples

2004 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 265-277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michele S. Berk ◽  
Gregg R. Henriques ◽  
Debbie M. Warman ◽  
Gregory K. Brown ◽  
Aaron T. Beck
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Therapy ◽  
Suicide Attempters ◽  
Case Examples ◽  
Therapy Intervention

Sexual Obsessions in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monnica T. Williams ◽  
Chad T. Wetterneck
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Cognitive Therapy ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Intrusive Thoughts ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive ◽  
Case Examples ◽  
Compulsive Disorder

Although there have been several manuals written about how to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) using cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), there has been little focus on application of CBT principles to those suffering from sexual obsessions. Treating sexual obsessions in OCD differs from the treatment of other forms of OCD due to heightened feelings of shame surrounding symptoms, widespread misdiagnosis from professionals, and the covert nature of ritualizing behaviors. This book provides clinicians with the tools needed to successfully help clients suffering from unwanted, intrusive thoughts of a sexual nature. It provides instructions on how to diagnose OCD in clients reporting sexual obsessions, guidance on measures to employ during assessment, and a discussion of differential diagnoses. It includes a step-by-step manual describing how to provide treatment, using a combination of exposure and ritual (response) prevention (Ex/RP), cognitive therapy, and newer CBT techniques. Also included are case examples of pedophile-themed OCD (sometimes called P-OCD) and sexual orientation worries in OCD (called SO-OCD or H-OCD) and their treatment approaches, along with a catalogue of specific ideas for in vivo exposures and detailed templates for imaginal exposures. Included are strategies therapists can use to tackle relationship issues that commonly emerge as a result of sexually themed OCD. Also included are appendices of handouts for clients and helpful measures for therapists to utilize with clients.

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