Cognitive Behavior therapy " Donald Meichenbaum Model" Concepts, main principles, and therapeutic strategies

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Abstract

The aim of the study is to highlights the Cognitive Behavior Therapy according to Donald Meichenbaum Model, as it is one of the most advanced therapies that has a unique set of activities, scientific procedures, accurate and systematic methodology that has a shortened practical characteristic. This kind of therapy deals with decreasing some psychological disorders and Cognitive, emotional, social and behavioral deflections. This therapy uses different behavioral and cognitive techniques that many previous results revealed the efficacy and the anti – setbacks effectiveness of these techniques. Thus, this study discusses the concept of Cognitive Behavior Therapy according to Donald Meichenbaum Model, also the role of the Cognitive Behavior Therapy in improving consciousness and encountering the painful events to protect the clients from bad emotions ascendency. Also, the study discusses the main principles of Cognitive Behavior Therapy in dealing with the different psychological disorders, its stages and techniques that depends on. All the previous aspects were discussed in the lights of the theoretical writings, the Cognitive Behavior Therapy theories and the previous researches and studies that focused on measuring the effectiveness of this kind of therapy as a way to decrease many psychological disorders.

Keywords

Files

Share

How to cite

Statistics