Comparing Cct and Rebt a Case Study
CRITICAL EVALUATION OF A MAJOR THERAPUETIC ORIENTATION
Case study: George
George is a 40-year-old senior executive in a large company, a position he has only recently taken up. He was referred to counselling by his general practitioner to explore his mood swings. He has been married for nearly 5 years to a ‘warm and wonderful person’. There were no children yet, and the couple was wondering about the right time for having children. This has been an area of disagreement between George and his wife and has led to a number of heated arguments between the two of them.
George described himself as fairly conservative and not a risk taker, and said that sometimes he couldn’t believe he had accepted a job in such a large company. On questioning, George said that he sometimes felt OK and reasonably good about himself, but that these good feelings frequently gave way to incredible doubts and feelings of hopelessness, that he often felt ‘not good enough’ and ‘not worthy’. He had experienced these feelings before, but he felt they were more intense and more frequent since moving to his current position. He commented, “I’m not the person I thought I would turn out to be” and “I’m disappointed in myself”.
He reports being able to keep it together at work and that his work is not suffering at this stage. He has become more restless and irritable with people, especially in social situations that he describes as excruciating and pointless. 1. Comparison of two different theoretical approaches 2. Critical appraisal of therapeutic approaches in their application to the case study George 3. Personal preference of theory and rationale 4. Use of appropriate literature to support application and evaluation of therapeutic approaches.
Contents
Introduction ............................................................................................................. 3
Theoretical approaches
Case study: George
George is a 40-year-old senior executive in a large company, a position he has only recently taken up. He was referred to counselling by his general practitioner to explore his mood swings. He has been married for nearly 5 years to a ‘warm and wonderful person’. There were no children yet, and the couple was wondering about the right time for having children. This has been an area of disagreement between George and his wife and has led to a number of heated arguments between the two of them.
George described himself as fairly conservative and not a risk taker, and said that sometimes he couldn’t believe he had accepted a job in such a large company. On questioning, George said that he sometimes felt OK and reasonably good about himself, but that these good feelings frequently gave way to incredible doubts and feelings of hopelessness, that he often felt ‘not good enough’ and ‘not worthy’. He had experienced these feelings before, but he felt they were more intense and more frequent since moving to his current position. He commented, “I’m not the person I thought I would turn out to be” and “I’m disappointed in myself”.
He reports being able to keep it together at work and that his work is not suffering at this stage. He has become more restless and irritable with people, especially in social situations that he describes as excruciating and pointless. 1. Comparison of two different theoretical approaches 2. Critical appraisal of therapeutic approaches in their application to the case study George 3. Personal preference of theory and rationale 4. Use of appropriate literature to support application and evaluation of therapeutic approaches.
Contents
Introduction ............................................................................................................. 3
Theoretical approaches
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