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What was Aaron Beck’s contribution to cognitive therapy?
Beck (1997) discovered key ideas in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, he explains different disorders were associated with different types of distorted thinking. Distorted thinking has a negative effect on our behavior no matter what type of disorder (Beck, 1997). Beck developed cognitive therapy with the belief that a person’s experiences result in cognitions or thoughts. These cognitions are connected with schemas, which are core beliefs developed from early life, to create our view of the world and determine our emotional states and behaviors. The Beck Model Beck’s Cognitive Therapy (CT) model theory says that our emotions and behaviour are influenced by the way we think and by how make sense of the world. Our interpretations and assumptions developed from personal experience often conflict with the real world. Citation. Beck, A. T. (1976). Cognitive therapy and the emotional disorders. International Universities Press. Critical Evaluation. Butler and Beck (2000) reviewed 14 meta-analyses investigating the effectiveness of Beck’s cognitive therapy and concluded that about 80% of adults benefited from the therapy.
What was Beck’s cognitive therapy?
About Beck Institute Cognitive Behavior Therapy helps people identify their distressing thoughts and evaluate how realistic the thoughts are. Then they learn to change their distorted thinking. When they think more realistically, they feel better. In the 1960s, Aaron Beck developed cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) or cognitive therapy. Beck developed a cognitive explanation of depression which has three components: a) cognitive bias; b) negative self-schemas; c) the negative triad. The cognitive-behavioral model assumes that maladaptive cognitive processes are the primary mediators between the triggers and the psychological distress and are, therefore, the optimal treatment target.