Comprehensive Evaluation of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

Comprehensive critical
evaluation of the theory
and practice of cognitive
behaviour therapy

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Evaluate of psychological therapy approach...................................................................................1
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy.....................................................................................................1
Assumptions of Cognitive behaviour therapy.............................................................................1
Development of client problems.................................................................................................2
Goals of therapy .........................................................................................................................2
Process of therapy and outcomes of therapy...............................................................................2
Evaluation based on certain aspects:................................................................................................3
Applicability of the approach to types of clients/problems........................................................3
Strengths/contributions of the approach......................................................................................3
Limitations/criticisms of the approach........................................................................................4
Consider any relevant ethical issues ..........................................................................................4
Empirical evidences regarding effectiveness of approach..........................................................5
Conclusions about the approach..................................................................................................5
Future of the approach................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
The cognitive behaviour therapy is basically a psycho social intervention that is
processed with the clear aim of about to improvise mental health condition. It has maintained
clear focus and concern about the challenges and changes that assist to pertain unhelpful
distortion and behaviour cognitively, improvisation of emotional regulations, development of
personal strategies that attained clear target towards solving recent problems (Beck, 2019). The
report below is dependent on psychological therapy approach and its consideration dependent on
certain therapy.
MAIN BODY
Evaluate of psychological therapy approach
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
This theory is an part of psychological therapy, helps people to change unhealthy and
unhelpful ways of thinking, behaving and feeling. Cognitive behaviour therapy uses practices
self help strategics. This model describe peoples ways of thinking and their perception about life.
Schizophrenia is an mental problem in which people interpretative in nature that result
hallucinations, extremely disordered thinking and behaviour that cause imbalance functions of
daily life. People suffering from schizophrenia disorder needs life long treatment. Cognitive
behaviour therapy may help the people suffering form this disorder, this model can help the
people by understanding what they are thinking and how to reduce the stress they are suffering
from.
Assumptions of Cognitive behaviour therapy
This approach believes that mental illness stems defect from how people think about
others, world or themselves. This cognitive thinking can be because of cognitive disorder. This
illness can cause people who imaginative their thinkings process and interpret the situation
(Bentall, 2019). This people interact with the world through their mental perception, or the
interpretation they think about other people. People suffering from Schizophrenia feel irritated
and imbalanced behaviour in their daily life. This therapy understand the behaviour of people by
analysing how they think and how they represent themselves to the outside world. These people
show their emotions and behaviour in imbalanced way and it become disorder.
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