CBT Techniques: Focusing on using Socratic Questions to Guide
Discovery & Behavioural Experiments
25th January 2008
9am – 12pm
Cititel Hotel, Penang
Details:
Cognitive behavioural therapy is practiced based on the theory
that thoughts, feelings and behaviours are closely linked and
influences each other. Dr. Aaron T Beck uses the term
‘collaborative empiricism’ as the approach that a therapist need
to use to work with clients in exploring his/her her unhelpful
thoughts and irrational beliefs; and help them work towards a
more realistic and adaptive way of thinking.
Socratic Questioning is a fundamental technique used in CBT to
build therapeutic alliance as well as help clients look at how
unhelpful or irrational thoughts can cause them to have negative
feelings and to act in a maladaptive or unhelpful manner –
without becoming confrontational or antagonistic thus
interfering with therapist-client relationship.
Behavioural experiment is another frequently used CBT technique
to help clients test out false assumptions or beliefs in an
empirical ‘find out for yourself’ way.
The workshop is focused more on sharing the skills and will
involve more practical involvement by the participants. Mode of
teaching will be in the use of video demonstration, role-play,
and group work with frequent feedbacks from peers and
facilitator.
