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Cognitive–Behavioral Therapy With Donald Meichenbaum is a demonstration of arguably the most frequently used therapeutic approach by one of its cofounders. Dr. Donald Meichenbaum uses cognitive–behavioral therapy with a constructive-narrative perspective in which he looks at the stories clients tell about themselves and considers ways that the client could develop a different, more positive story. In this session, Dr. Meichenbaum works with a young woman who is depressed and anxious and has suicidal tendencies. She has undergone multiples traumas in her life, including rape and several suicides in her immediate family. Dr. Meichenbaum accentuates the client's strengths, skills, and support system. Then he gently confronts the client by helping her to see that, although one of her strengths is her willingness to forgive others, she has not been able to forgive herself for things she has done. Read a review of this title from the PsycCRITIQUES database (PDF: 95KB)
Dr. Meichenbaum is one of the founders of cognitive–behavioral therapy His therapeutic approach combines a constructive-narrative perspective with a life-span social learning perspective The constructive-narrative perspective highlights the impact of "stories" that clients tell themselves and others, and considers ways that clients can learn to develop and employ more adaptive coping skills and construct more resilient narratives. The demonstrated cognitive–behavioral treatment approach has been employed effectively with a wide range of patients who evidence impulse control (e.g., aggressive behavior and substance abuse); mood disorder patients (e.g., depression); and anxiety disorder patients (e.g., posttraumatic stress disorder and social phobias). The cognitive–behavioral approach has been adapted to a wide array of clients of various severity levels and to different developmental levels, as well as cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds.
Donald Meichenbaum, PhD, is Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, and currently research director of the Melissa Institute for Violence Prevention and Treatment of Victims, in Miami, Florida. The Melissa Institute is designed to bridge the gap between research findings and clinical and educational practices and public policy. Read more about Dr. Meichenbaum
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