Cognitive therapy and dysfunctional thought records in counseling

Counseling Theories

Socializing the client is an important approach in cognitivebehavioral therapy. It is visible in this video session with the manners the doctor is showing. She is showing very good explanatory manners. Introducing herself to the client, she goes on to elaborate what is going to happen and how they are about to take this process. In other words, it is very crucial to inform the client about what is about to happen to them. This is crucial because initially the clients are distressed and not feeling so good about the situation or about themselves. This causes to come up with depressing scenarios and predictions about what is to happen.

Socializing the client is basically telling the client the philosophy, stricter and the practices of this approach to therapy. It is important to tell the client about this so they understand why the doctor is taking this approach. Not only would the client understand this approach but they would also follow the therapy and apply it to themselves more. As mentioned before, it is crucial to tell the client about what is going to happen to them. In socializing the client to the therapy, they should be told about the principles and practices of the therapy.

This is basically a kind of counseling that the therapist carries forward on his or her clients. The first step is basically inquiring the client about what they already know. This is crucial so the client does not feel overwhelmed at first. The doctor shows in the video by asking the client how she is doing and how she last week was. This politeness is crucial so the client starts feels comfortable and is willing to talk to the client.

Another aspect of socializing the client is explaining why the doctors are doing everything. In other words, if you merely just direct the client they will still be confused. If they know why the doctor is doing something, they will go along with it and they will follow the entire procedure. The clients should be familiarized to this whole procedure so the relationship established between the client and the doctor is a credible one.

If the client is informed about these practices, they will feel their crisis and their problems lowered as well. It also allows the client to follow this structure and also go on with this approach just like the doctor wants. As mentioned before, informing about the therapy involves the doctor telling the entire agenda and schedule of therapy. This insight into the future was also portrayed by the doctor as she talked about the future schedule in more detail. She not only explained about the upcoming days but the entire schedule of the upcoming weeks as well.