CBT & Reality Therapies

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Cognitive behavioral therapy , CBT and reality therapy , RT are some of the few interventions used in many psychotherapy . The term psychotherapy means , the way of solving a problem that has relation to the psychological being of a person . Many people face problems in their lives and some of these problems can be classified as emotional or mental problems . Just like in the case of David Chan whose academic life turned into terrible one because unlike in his previous academic performance where he excels

, now he always gets failing grades

After counseling the true situation of Chan , they found out that the real problem that Chan is experiencing is the pressure being given by his parents . His parents wanted him to take an engineering course with out consent from Chan . Chan did not like engineering but instead he was forced to take it because of his parents . In this , we will try to use CBT and RT to solve the problems of Chan

The HYPERLINK /\\\\wiki\\Cognitive_behavioral_therapy " \o "Cognitive behavioral therapy " CBT method focuses on how to change the everyday thoughts and behaviors of the patient , with the main objective of positively influencing emotions (Ellis , 2001 . With the help of a therapist , his client will be able to determine and recognize distorted thoughts and discover to replace unhealthy thinking with more realistic substitute ideas . CBT uses the Socratic Method . The said method uses questions to understand fully the situation of the patient . The patient may also ask question to his therapist . Another characteristic of CBT is that , the method is goal-oriented . Every session will involve the planning to achieve the main goal for the patient

According to and Albert Ellis (2001 , the founder of CBT , a person may experience depression and in the case of Chan , he receives failing grades because he was depressed on his current electrical course and his situation in his family . The therapist must focus to divert as well to change these negative thinking in to more realistic and positive thoughts . As in the case of Chan , the main root of his depression is his parents . It is important to imply that the parents of Chan only wanted is the good sake of Chan . They wanted him to have a better life in the future by providing Chan quality education and that the parents of Chan had done many sacrifices just for the sake of their son . In this way Chan will realize that the things that were done by his parent to him were all for the goodness of Chan

But this is not enough , it is also important to establish to Chan that at his age , he has the right and freedom to choose what he wants in his life . We know that parents have controls on their children , but so does the child (Albano and Kearney , 2000

It is important to recognize the role of Chan and his parent in solving this kind of problem . Most...