Becks`s cognitive therapy

p Psychology is a fascinating subject that carries a lot room for interpretation . Psychology being a relatively new scientific arena continues to grow due to exploring of experts into studies of the mind and behaviors directed by the brain . Psychologists and Psychiatrist continue to discover new methods of therapy to treat psychological diss . Cognitive therapy is the fastest growing and most extensively studied form of psychotherapy in America ' Cognitive therapy emphasis focuses on present thinking problems

The website I chose is : HYPERLINK "http /www .nytimes .com /library /national /science /health /011100hth-behavi

or-beck .html www .nytimes .com /library /national /science /health /011100hth-behavior-beck html . I chose this website because it contains an article about Dr Aaron Beck , who is the founder of cognitive therapy . Dr . Beck 's perception of psychological difficulties lies within thinking problems ' Unlike behavioristic , psychoanalytic , humanistic , and trait theorists , cognitive theorists believe that psychological problems lie within current thoughts . Diss are a result of a patients desire to relish in self-deprecating thoughts

This article explains how Dr . Beck discovered cognitive therapy and decided to leave Sigmund Freud 's psychoanalytic approach behind . Dr Beck attended the Philadelphia institute in 1958 . There he begin to conquer his fears of blood and pain due to a staph infection from surgery on his broken arm developed due to his mothers overprotective behavior which caused him to restrict his activities as he also developed a phobia of getting hurt . Dr . Beck conquered his fears by teaching himself to recondition his thoughts Dr . Beck 's cognitive therapy intent is to correct distorted thinking patterns by challenging patients to explore positive and beneficial thoughts . He encourages patients to test their perceptions of themselves and others , as if they were scientists testing hypotheses The idea of cognitive therapy is to help patients to first realize their how their thoughts can be self-deprecating and then he aims to condition their present thoughts to new thinking

Dr . Beck is methodical about his cognitive therapy . First Dr . Beck listens to the patient and then he asks questions to help them conquer irrational thinking

There are some behaviorist psychologists who appose Dr . Beck 's cognitive theory . These critics feel that thought can not be measured objectively . One Dr . Klein 's position is that cognitive therapy is just a morale booster , and not the therapeutic solutions it promises

My overall evaluation of this website is how well rounded the information covered the subject . It provided an in depth analysis of the cognitive theory how it was conceived , who will benefit most from it and the methodology used . I find it fascinating that a person can perform psych therapy on themselves just by simple reconditioning their thoughts . Sometimes I find myself obsessing over small things , and now I can practice to condition myself to refrain from obsessive thoughts

I would really like to learn more about the methodology used to treat cognitively and more details about the results shown with patients . I plan on conducting more research on cognitive theory to find other cognitive...