Questions tagged [cognitive-therapy]
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What is the evidence for the efficacy of Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy?
I've been reading about Internal Family Systems therapy recently. It's claims seem quite appealing, since it suggests it can do the work of other therapies like psychoanalysis only faster and more ...
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What is the line between daily conversation and therapy?
For example, Socratic questioning is a skills that is commonly used in therapy. However, if I use it to my friends, does that mean I'm therapize/counsel them? The answer is conflict to me:
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Dialectical Behavior Therapy's Biosocial Theory - Social Environment Validates Patients' Maladaptive Behavior - As Defined By Who/What?
In Wikipedia's article about DBT, in the overview section it says:
In DBT's biosocial theory of BPD, clients have a biological predisposition for emotional dysregulation, and their social environment ...
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Can talking therapy help with severe delusions?
A delusion is a firm and fixed belief based on inadequate grounds not
amenable to rational argument or evidence to contrary, not in sync
with regional, cultural and educational background.
I ...
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Effects of psychologist's language in therapies of personal disorders
Is there a dominant opinion about the positve or negative effects of explicitly naming the diagnosed disease and the observed symptoms (in the language of the psychologist) in the therapy of ...
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Balanced Introduction to CBT and the Science Behind It
This is a reference request. I'm looking for a solid introduction to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - i.e. what it is and the science behind it. I'm having trouble finding anything that isn't written by ...
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How long it would take to form a conceptual framework to justify a belief? [duplicate]
From what I understand, the reason to set 1 week as the time between two therapy sessions is for the clients to do homework, which can be: take notes on recursive thoughts and emotions, remember ...
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