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Cognitive Techniques (cognitive + techniques)
Selected AbstractsUsing imagery in cognitive-behavioral treatment for eating disorders: Tackling the restrictive modeINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EATING DISORDERS, Issue 7 2006DClinPsy, Victoria Mountford BA Abstract A restrictive thinking style in the eating disorders, often referred to as "anorexic thinking," is often resistant to cognitive-behavioral interventions, even when apparent motivation is relatively high. It is argued that this difficulty is due in part to the ingrained nature of such thinking patterns, regardless of diagnosis. Those patterns reflect the ego-syntonic element of the eating disorders, and manifest as difficulty for the patient in identifying and challenging negative automatic thoughts and maladaptive core beliefs. There is a need to develop cognitive techniques that allow the individual to identify maladaptive cognitions as reflecting their restrictive schema mode, rather than being the only way of thinking and seeing the world. This study describes the use of imagery to enable patients to distinguish the restrictive thoughts from other cognitive perspectives. The restrictive "mode" is presented as part of the individual's personality structure (drawing on cognitive-behavioral models of personality), rather than being an external entity. This technique is designed to facilitate conventional cognitive-behavioral therapy, freeing the patient to challenge her cognitions and to engage in behavioral experiments. We present case material to illustrate this technique and its use in conjunction with other cognitive-behavioral techniques. Future directions and potential limitations are also discussed. © 2006 by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. [source] On Some Recent Claims for the Efficacy of Cognitive Therapy for People with Intellectual DisabilitiesJOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH IN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES, Issue 1 2006Peter Sturmey Background, Many authors have expressed concern regarding the efficacy of psychotherapy, including psychotherapy for people with intellectual disabilities. Materials and Methods, Recently, many authors have made claims for the effectiveness of cognitive therapy for treating people with intellectual disabilities. During this debate, applied behaviour analysis has been misrepresented by incorrectly labelling behavioural as cognitive techniques, repeated misrepresentations of behaviourism and attributing the efficacy of treatment packages to cognitive components of undemonstrated efficacy when it is more parsimonious to attribute efficacy to behavioural elements of known efficacy. Conclusions, This article documents and corrects these errors. [source] Understanding and treating incompleteness in obsessive-compulsive disorderJOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY, Issue 11 2004Laura J. SummerfeldtArticle first published online: 10 SEP 200 Incompleteness,the troubling and irremediable sense that one's actions or experiences are not "just right",appears to underlie many of the symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Because incompleteness may reflect basic sensory-affective dysfunction, it presents a challenge to clinicians wishing to apply cognitive-behavioral treatments. In this article, I review ways of adapting well-demonstrated treatment principles to this condition. A case is presented and then used to discuss challenges in conducting cognitive-behavioral therapy with this population. Behavioral methods aimed at habituation (e.g., exposure and ritual prevention [ERP]) are probably more applicable than conventional cognitive techniques. However, even these may result in modest long-term gains; relapse is a probability if they are not actively practiced after treatment cessation. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol/In Session. [source] A selective review of research on offenders with developmental disabilities: assessment and treatmentCLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHOTHERAPY (AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THEORY & PRACTICE), Issue 3 2005William R. Lindsay The process of deinstitutionalization has changed the nature of research on offenders with developmental disabilities, transferring the focus of enquiry from institutions to the community. As a result, there have been significant increases in the extent of research on assessment, treatment and service systems. This selective review focuses on anger and aggression, fire-setting and inappropriate sexual behaviour to illustrate the way in which developments are beginning to support clinical work in the area. We now have a number of assessments to delineate psychological variables and there are also developments in the assessment of risk for future violence. Treat-ment programmes are becoming increasingly sophisticated, relying increasingly on developments in cognitive techniques. Controlled trials indicate that treatment for anger and aggression may be effective in terms of both proximal and socially validated outcomes. There is a lack of controlled outcome research in other areas. More recent research comparing individuals in different levels of security may have impacts on services.,Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] | ||||||||||