CBT Techniques Made Simple: Vertical Descent

The vertical descent technique is designed to reveal the source of a client's negative automatic thoughts. It's also an effective diagnostic tool to uncover the more primal cognitive schemas that are the ultimate source of every cognitive distortion.

-CBT Techniques Made Simple-
This series reviews the techniques in the Cognitive Behavioral Therapist's tool kit. Each video outline one skill so you, the clinician, can master each intervention. We will describe each technique's concept, it's proper use, and possible problems.

What Is CBT?
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is an evidence based therapy. The American Psychological Association considers it the gold standard treatment for most mental health issues.

The primary developers of CBT were Dr. Albert Ellis and later Dr. Aaron Beck. They were bothered by traditional therapy's lengthy treatment, low success, and unscientific approach.

CBT breaks up our experience into three parts: thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. While all three play an important role in mental health, CBT focuses on changing our thinking. This then changes our emotions and actions. With improved feelings and better habits our thinking continues to improve.

CBT highlights different cognitive distortions and biases. These get in the way of emotional wellbeing. Using simple techniques, the therapist challenges these distortions. After this, he teaches the client how to do the same. The goal of CBT is to empower the client with easy to use strategies to become their own therapist.

This approach draws from many therapeutic tradition. It adapts different skills from psychodynamic, humanistic, existential, behavioral, and gestalt therapies. With CBT's huge menu of options it is a very flexible and adaptive approach.

Another unique characteristic of CBT is its assumption clients are not damaged goods. Often, it's enough to make some tweaks here and there without intensive treatment. For this reason, CBT relies on a strong psychoeducational component. If this is not enough, CBT also has powerful techniques to heal deep suffering.

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Raised in a rural farm town in Iowa, Yonasan Bender, L.C.S.W. combines small town values with powerful training. He provide clients with cutting-edge empirical knowledge, empathy, and timeless wisdom.

Yonasan’s a graduate of Hebrew University’s Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare. He completed post graduate training in a wide array of therapeutic approaches. These approaches range from CBT to Psychodynamic therapies. Before Hebrew University, he studied at Washington University in St. Louis and Drake University. Yonasan majored in philosophy and ethics.

Yonasan is a member of the Association For Contextual Behavioral Science. He’s a key member of the clinical team at The Place, the Jerusalem Centre for Emotional Wellbeing. Yonasan is a Dialectical Behavioral Therapist skills trainer at Machon Dvir. He’s also a group leader for the National Educational Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder’ Family Connections program.

He specializes in treating anxiety, depression, anger, poor self-esteem, insomnia, and marital conflict. He has an extensive background working with individuals, couples, families, and children.

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