Project: CBT Lecture 2

[cjsmith]

I have the 24-lecture series from The Teaching Company on Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy. I'll take notes here, for the amusement and interest of anyone who is curious.

Lecture 1 was pretty introductory and I didn't take notes.

Lecture 2: what I learned

History (mostly I didn't take notes here):
- Socratic questioning is a key skill for the CB therapist
- 1979 book by Beck, Shaw, Emory(?) really launched this

Basic principles of CBT:
- Three phases: Detection, Analysis, Challenge.
- - Detection and data gathering: what is happening?
- - Analysis and evaluation: why did what happened happen?
- - Challenge or change the cognition, behavior, or emotions
- Eventually create a "case formulation".
- - Put all the data together: what along with why
- - This is open to revisions
- - This is transparent
- Set concrete goals.

Data gathering - Questionnaires:
- Beck Depression Inventory
- Beck Anxiety Inventory
- KHQ9 PHQ-9 for depression (didn't catch this acronym with multiple attempts at the audio - thank you, batrachian!)
- DASS21 depression and stress questionnaire
- Some kind of somatic symptom questionnaire, not named in the lecture

Data gathering - Other Sources:
- Diaries
- Phone apps and wearable devices
- Social and medical history
- Symptoms of psychological or medical issues
- Impairments, and in what settings they occur
- Timeline: when did a pattern start and how has it progressed
- Include concrete specific examples

Data gathering is continuous. With all of these sources, make a baseline, then reassess to judge progress.

Set "S.M.A.R.T." goals:
- Specific
- Measurable
- Attainable (okay to have big long term goals but need some incremental goals)
- Relevant
- Timely (related to what's going on in one's life right now)

Future topics:
- Theory
- Procedures for assessment and goal setting
- Tests
- Self monitoring

The entry on Lecture 3

Comments

[batrachian]

PHQ-9 is the missing acronym, there, I'm pretty sure. At least, that's the one I've heard in that context.

[cjsmith]

Ah, thank you!

[noelfigart]

Very interesting!

[cjsmith]

The more I learn, the more intrigued I am. This is nifty.

[hitchhiker]

it seems very well suited to people with a scientific temperament!

[cjsmith]

It does. It was essentially designed by a psychologist whose patients weren't getting any better with traditional talk therapy - aka a person with a scientific bent who had a problem he wanted to solve. :)