CBT And Behavioral Therapy
Out of the three interventions I believe that CBT would work best with a client who is a veteran and suffering from PTSD as well as an opioid addiction. CBT focuses on each client and what they need that is best for them. This treatment helps with mental disorders as well as addressing substance abuse. This helps to find a solution to approach to treatment. This can help when exploring client’s individual relationships among feelings, thoughts, and behaviors. This is also short term and a more hands on approach, which can adjust for each client, based on their thoughts and ways. CBT develops and focuses on personal coping strategies, which help to adjust current problems and changing patterns in cognition. The CBT model is based on behavioral
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CBT works well with an opioid addiction and PTSD because, it is short term, which can be very appealing to an individual and can help patients, overcome the substance abuse. CBT is helpful to assist individuals with recognizing and acknowledging situations in which they would turn to using …show more content…
When conducting my research and finding that of the 199 study participants, 84 (42%) completed the program curriculum and 115 (58%) were terminated without program completion, which leads to questions about the validity of the results. CBT focuses on thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and it originally started out being used to treat depression but can be used with trauma that is faced with PTSD as well as addiction. With clients feeling some level of power during a therapy they might see the reason to change as more desirable. I chose this specifically for heroin addiction because you are using CBT to increase your awareness of your thoughts and actions. You are also able to recognize the consequences that come along. With CBT the client is receiving a better understanding on their addiction and their life. CBT also works to treat mental health issues that come after or along with addiction. By learning skills and coping methods you are giving these individuals the tools they need for success. The therapist will appear more as a teacher rather than being placed on a
CBT works well with an opioid addiction and PTSD because, it is short term, which can be very appealing to an individual and can help patients, overcome the substance abuse. CBT is helpful to assist individuals with recognizing and acknowledging situations in which they would turn to using …show more content…
When conducting my research and finding that of the 199 study participants, 84 (42%) completed the program curriculum and 115 (58%) were terminated without program completion, which leads to questions about the validity of the results. CBT focuses on thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and it originally started out being used to treat depression but can be used with trauma that is faced with PTSD as well as addiction. With clients feeling some level of power during a therapy they might see the reason to change as more desirable. I chose this specifically for heroin addiction because you are using CBT to increase your awareness of your thoughts and actions. You are also able to recognize the consequences that come along. With CBT the client is receiving a better understanding on their addiction and their life. CBT also works to treat mental health issues that come after or along with addiction. By learning skills and coping methods you are giving these individuals the tools they need for success. The therapist will appear more as a teacher rather than being placed on a