Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Reflection Essay

This week, you will begin Part 1 of your Course Project. You have now explored CBT and REBT and have begun to explore third-wave approaches. Which approach resonates with you the most so far? Which are you interested in researching in-depth?

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To prepare:

• Choose the therapy approach that you would like to research for your project (either CBT, REBT or a Third-Wave therapy such as mindfulness-based CBT, dialectical behavior therapy, or acceptance and commitment [ACT]).
• Reflect on the techniques used within your selected approach. Also perform research in the Walden Library about its applications to specific issues and populations.

The Assignment (2–3 pages):

• Briefly introduce the approach you have selected and summarize its theoretical foundation and major techniques/interventions.

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.