belief revision in cbt

8/7/2019 Belief Revision in CBT

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Extension of

Cognitive Therapy

in the context of

Belief Revision

Prasanta Kumar RoyClinical Psychologist

&CBT Practitioner


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Whathappens in Cognitive

Therapy?

Pts. identify, reality-test, and correctdistorted conceptualization and the

dysfunctional beliefs (schemas)underlying these cognitions.

Pt learns to master problem andsituation

Pt learns to think and act morerealistically and adaptively


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Whathappensin Cognitive

Therapy?

Monitoring and correction of irrational,

distorted, or maladaptive thoughts that

mediate ones emotional andbehavioural responses to problematic

situations or problems


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Whathappensin Cognitive

Therapy?

When an individual holds an important

belief, he usually has some subjective

feeling about it. He has learned to trustthis subjective feeling

Pt may gradually integrate the therapistsidea into his belief system


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ExtensionofCognitive Therapy

Impressive growth over last 20 yrs.

Now addresses a vast range of disorders

& human problems

Incorporating new theories


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Whatis BeliefRevision

Belief revision is the process of changing

beliefs to take into account a new piece of

information

Revision is the process of inserting the new

information into the set of old beliefs without

generating an inconsistency. It night be a composition of a contraction

and an expansion


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Whatis BeliefRevision

A belief state (or database) is represented by

a set of sentences. The major operations of

change are those consisting in theintroduction or removal of a belief-

representing sentence.

It is different from update


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How BeliefRevision Occurs

Change in Perception

As a result ofArgument

Degrees of Justification: Strong logic

behind high inconsistencies


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BeliefRevision & Cognitive

Therapy

CT uses many of the belief revisionstrategies to change the ve thoughts,

-ve appraisal and Schema (core belief &assumption)

Socratic questioning, guided discovery,questioning the evidence, advantage-

disadvantage etc are commontechniques


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Philosophical Counselling

Vs Cognitive Therapy Ultimate truth vs happiness

Community vs Individual

Socio-politico-philosophical Understanding.Does it influence cognition?

Case examples:

1. A boy with religious obsession

2. A boy with fearful sexual image

3. A communist boy who suffered emotionallyafter a relationship break


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Factsabout CBT

CBT, the therapist does not ignore theclient's beliefs or try to shift the client

towards what the therapist feels isrational

Restructuring his cognition about Godmay not be helpful because then the

problem is maintained within the clientand the locus of control will getmaintained externally


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Factsabout CBT

The idea is to understand which beliefs

within the client are making it difficult for

him to deal with the thoughts about godthat he is getting and also where such

beliefs are originating from.


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WhetherExtensionwasrequired?

Outcome studies showed its superiority indepression. But same model could not be

used effectively in some of the anxietydisorders

CT was not successful with charaterologicalproblems

There was increased demand in other mentalillness, including psychotic processes, and inother areas like interpersonal, substance,sexual, health related etc.


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What kindofextension

Cognitive Analytic Therapy

Schema Therapy

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy

Self-Regulatory Executive Function

Model

Change in Metacognition

Socio-Cognitive Change


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