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Is cognitive therapy consistent with what we know about emotions?
Full Abstract
The cognitive perspective has been a dominant force in psychology and psychotherapy since the 1970s. Cognitive therapies share an emphasis on the priority of changing cognition as the key to bringing about changes in patterns of dysfunctional emotional reactions and symptomatic behaviors. In this article, the author examined the basis for the assumptions of cognitive therapy in the context of recent evidence of the long-term effects of stressful experiences. This evidence contradicts the assumption of many cognitive therapists that changing cognition is prior to and necessary to changing emotional reactions. Neurobiological evidence indicates that emotions can be experienced without cortical interpretations of stimuli, and clinical evidence indicates that experiences can be stored as isolated affective fragments that function later to distort cognition. This suggests that cognitive therapies are based on a limited model of mental functions that sometimes must be supplemented by broader psychodynamic concepts if lasting changes are to occur.
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Author information
Author/s: Shean, Glenn D (GD);
Affiliation: Department of Psychology, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795, USA. gdshea@wm.edu
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article
Journal: The Journal of psychology (J Psychol), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2003-Mar; vol 137 (issue 2) : pp 195-208
Dates: Created 2003/05/08; Completed 2003/08/19; Revised 2004/11/17;
PMID: 12735528, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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