CBT

involves both cognitive and behavioural elements

Aims: to identify irrational and negative thoughts which lead to depression

  • to replace these thoughts with positive ones

Behavioural elements: encourages patients to test their beliefs through behavioural experiments and homework.

Components of CBT:

  • initial assessment

  • goal setting

  • identifying negative/irrational thoughts and challenging them using = Beck’s CBT or Ellis’s REBT

  • homework to complete

Form 1 of CBT - Beck: