Essentially yes. Look up Beck and Cognitive Therapy. Most of my experience in that direction is with a related therapy called Rational Emotive Therapy (see http://www.lyonsmorris.com/lyons/maret/RETstudy1.htm or if you have journal access, Lyons, L. C., & Woods, P. J. (1991). The efficacy of rational-emotive therapy: a quantitative review of the outcome research. Clinical Psychology Review, 11, 357- 369). But the research is pretty conclusive, this approach to therapy is very effective. Cognitive Therapy is particularly effective for depression according to all the research I've read in this area.
larry On 7/21/05, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is the cognitive approach the one that utilizes feedback to try and combat > negative thought cycles? > > I'm trying to remember way back to my psych days in college. I remember the > whole time thinking that at mixture of behavioral (changing negative > behaviors), cognitive (changing thought patterns), and biological > (combatting chemical imbalances with medication) seemed like the best > approach. > > This was the only part of my psychology classes that I found particularly > interesting. Well...that and the fascinating results of studies done on > people who had damaged their corpus callosum. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:165794 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
