CBT Cognitive Restructuring Flashcards
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A therapist helps a client replace 'He did that on purpose to humiliate me' with 'He may not have noticed me.' This is known as:
Answer: Cognitive reappraisal / reframing
Cognitive reappraisal involves constructing a less threatening or more neutral interpretation of the same event to reduce emotional reactivity.
Which distortion involves interpreting ambiguous situations as threatening or malicious without sufficient evidence?
Answer: Arbitrary inference / jumping to conclusions
Arbitrary inference (jumping to conclusions) means drawing negative conclusions in the absence of supporting evidence, a common anger trigger.
A client states, 'I feel disrespected, so I must have been disrespected.' This exemplifies:
Answer: Emotional reasoning
Emotional reasoning assumes that because one feels something, it must be true, ignoring contradictory evidence.
In cognitive restructuring for anger, the concept of 'hot thoughts' refers to:
Answer: The most emotionally charged thought in a situation that drives intense anger
Hot thoughts are the most potent, emotion-laden automatic thoughts that are most directly responsible for the anger response.
When teaching cognitive restructuring, a CART therapist emphasizes that changing thoughts will:
Answer: Reduce the intensity and duration of anger episodes over time
Cognitive restructuring aims to reduce the intensity and duration of anger, not to eradicate the emotion, as some anger is normal and adaptive.
A therapist uses a 'cost-benefit analysis' with an angry client. The purpose is to:
Answer: Examine the advantages and disadvantages of holding an anger-fueling belief
A cost-benefit analysis in CBT helps clients evaluate whether the payoffs of an irrational belief outweigh its emotional and interpersonal costs.
Which statement BEST describes the difference between rational and irrational anger in CBT?
Answer: Rational anger is proportional and situationally appropriate; irrational anger is based on distorted appraisals
CBT distinguishes anger that is proportionate and reality-based (rational) from anger intensified by cognitive distortions (irrational).