Cognitive Therapy

Go to the following website:

Center for Cognitive Therapy

Please put these on a separate piece of paper.

Part I - Skim through the page and explain the statement "Don’t believe everything you think, because your thinking may be biased."

Part II - Summarize each of the following headings on this page.

• MAJOR GOALS OF COGNITIVE THERAPY
• HOW COGNITIVE THERAPY IS DIFFERENT FROM OTHER THERAPIES
• PROBLEM AREAS WHERE COGNITIVE THERAPY IS HELPFUL (For this part note the types of areas cognitive therapy can help)

Part III - On the left side of the page there is a list of psychological disorders.  Choose three and briefly explain how cognitive therapy can be used to develop skills to help with each one.