D Locke
Recently a client named Jorge was struggling with relational issues and reported he had begun drinking as a result of the issues with having and keeping a girlfriend. Jorge continued by stating he was struggling with quitting and now he finds that he is often drinking more and more, and that he does not seem to function normally if he does not drink. He stated it has not really helped his social situation either, but he does at least have friends and girl friends that he can hang with while he is drinking and partying. Jorge states he does not like feeling this need so much and since it did not help his situation he really does not like it. He did report that recently he had been …show more content…
Through explaining this, you ensure a discussion is had about how Cognitive-Behavior Therapy (CBT) is an extension of cognitive therapy (Beck, 2007), and that his behavior or perceptions from the behavior enhance the use of CBT. You further discuss how cognitive therapy (CT) does have an inclusion of studying perceptions to situations and how they affect our processors through feelings, thoughts and reactions or behaviors (Beck, …show more content…
In a related article toward effectiveness of using CBT within a group setting, Petrocelli, J. (2002) also validates a contradicting point toward CBT’s effectiveness or not in that through his research, he was able to determine that practitioners often times have over fifty percent allegiance toward such a behavior module due to their preference to a familiar practice method. This self-awareness piece would need to have surfaced and been disclosed as well in order to be effective in delivering professional expectations within the field.
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McGovern, M. L.-H. (2011). A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Integrated Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Versus Individual Addiction Counseling for Co-occurring Substance Use and Posttraumatic