Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Aaron Beck founded the Cognitive Therapy Model in the 1960s, and it became a popular treatment for patients with depression. The cognitive behavioral therapy model indicates that the emotional factors in human beings are the main influences of behavior. This knowledge enables therapists to develop wellness-promoting measures against various disorders related to cognition and behavior.
Most therapists look to promote independence in their patients by developing therapy approaches based on enhancing the desirable behaviors. Current developments in cognitive psychology reveal that cognitive schemas in human beings are not linearly related to other systems in the body that might exemplify behavior.
This knowledge has been used in the CBT model to enhance the effectiveness of therapy by helping physicians to focus on the modes affected by cognitive and behavioral disorders. The CBT model focuses on procedures that enable patients to identify with their cognitive and behavioral disorders to promote their adoption of the required behaviors.
Therapists use the automatic thoughts approach to test the ability of patients to use logical analysis in different situations. Behavioral rehearsals enhance the social skills possessed by patients, and cognitive rehearsals enhance the ability to understand different ideas. Some therapists also provide behavioral homework for their patients to motivate the practical application of therapy sessions.
Promoting positive behavior and eliminating cognitive bias in patients is the main reason that psychotherapists use the different approaches in the CBT model. Every unique case requires a specific combination of the procedures in the CBT model and the development of the combined approaches depends on how the patients perform in cognitive behavioral tests (Corsini & Wedding, 2011).
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
ADHD is one of the cognitive behavioral disorders that CBT helps to manage. The dysfunctional cognition associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder leads to the victim being overactive, unable to concentrate on one activity, and it the victim loses control over his or her behavior.
The 7 year old victim would portray anxiety, lack of attention in class, anger management issues, and overexcitement among many other symptoms. From the CBT model, ADHD is mainly viewed as a behavioral disorder; thus, physicians taking care of victims of ADHD use the CBT model to manage their behavior.
The main aim of using the CBT model is to ensure victims of ADHD are trained to assume the most desirable behaviors. One of the most common approaches to therapy for ADHD victims is using a reward-penalty approach. This approach entails rewarding the victim for portraying the required behavior, and placing penalties for their portrayal of the undesired behaviors.
CBT enables the victims to adopt the desired behaviors gradually, and it can be used to influence learning. ADHD has no treatment, but its management can enhance the wellness of its victims as well as improve their independence. The CBT model helps in the elimination of undesirable behavior associated with the lack of long-term attention (Walkup et al., 2008).
Abusive families
A family with abusive members provides a poor environment for children with ADHD to attain positive cognitive and behavioral development. Child-abuse has adverse effects on the ability of ADHD victims to control their behavior. Physicians and researchers in the psychotherapy field indicate that child-abuse leads to adverse cases of depression in children.
Depression is one of the symptoms whose management, through cognitive behavioral therapy for children with attention deficit hyperactivity syndrome, enables effective cognitive and behavioral development. The trauma associated with child abuse makes ADHD worse for children, and it may lead to complex situations portrayed by psychosis in the victim (Corsini & Wedding, 2011).
References
Corsini, R. J., & Wedding, D., (Eds.), (2011). Current psychotherapies (9th ed.). Belmont, CA: Brooks Cole / Thomson Learning.
Pucci, A. R. (2010). Feel the Way You Want to Feel… No Matter What!. Bloomington: iUniverse.