Happy Christmas To all my friends and followers have a wonderful day, but spare a thought for those who are not wth the people they love or are sad are struggling at this time of year. Christmas is meant to … Continue reading →
What is Personal Construct Psychology Pt 5 Commonality Corollary To the extent that one person employs a construction of experience which is similar to that employed by another, his or her processes are psychologically similar to those of the other … Continue reading →
What is Personal Construct Psychology Pt 4 Experience Corollary A person’s construction system varies as he or she successively construes the replication of events. If as a result of our system we predict certain events, and those events do not … Continue reading →
What is Personal Construct Psychology Pt 3 Individuality Corollary Our construct systems are personal and unique, so no two people react identically to a given stimulus. This is why some subjects react well to some therapies and therapists and not … Continue reading →
What is Personal Construct Psychology Pt 2 Constructs In Kelly’s terms, a construct is any discrimination a person can make. The personal constructs provides the person with hypotheses which may be tested and then the system modified as a result … Continue reading →
Cognitive Psychotherapy and the Therapeutic Alliance The therapeutic alliance is maintained between the therapist and client by interplay and maintenance of the three main components: goals; bonds; and tasks. Each aspect of the therapeutic alliance is vital to a successful … Continue reading →
Background and Development of Cognitive Psychotherapy Pt5 Just as strictly behavioural therapies are not cognitive-behavioural, so cognitive therapies are also not really cognitive-behavioural though they are closely allied. The cognitive-behavioural therapist would not accept the concept of long past traumas … Continue reading →
Background and Development of Cognitive Psychotherapy Pt4 For example, a client may have the automatic thought that people will ignore him. This thought may make him feel unhappy and even depressed. He may ignore others rather than risk them ignoring … Continue reading →
Background and Development of Cognitive Psychotherapy Pt3 The cognitive structures that organise and process incoming information he called schemata. These schemata he uses to represent the thought patterns that are laid down early in an individualâs development. In that development, … Continue reading →
Background and Development of Cognitive Psychotherapy Pt2 The theory and procedures of cognitive therapy have evolved over the last 25 years or so, but their initial impetus came from Beckâs early interviews with depressed subjects (Beck, 1963). While operating initially … Continue reading →
