This article introduces Beck's Cognitive Therapy as a counseling model for rehabilitation counselors. The structured approach and success in treating anxiety and depression contribute to its validity as a tool in rehabilitation. (DB)

Adjusted delinquent adolescents (N=7) participated in a 12-session psychodramatic group therapy program which integrated behavioral-cognitive techniques. Participants and control subjects (N=10) completed pre- and post-tests measuring acting-out behavior and ego strength. Results showed that significant improvement occurred in the experimental…

Evaluated three separate versions of a self-control therapy program for depression: one with a behavioral target, one with a cognitive target, and one with a combined target. Found that all conditions improved significantly and equally on measures of both behavioral and cognitive target variables and on self-report and clinician rating scales of…

Distilled versions of Beck's cognitive and Lewinsohn's behavioral treatments for depression were crossed in a 2 x 2 design that included combined and high-demand control treatments. The obtained pattern of convergent and divergent outcomes indicates considerable construct-valid strength for cognitive therapy applied to a moderately depressed…

Presents the theoretical, empirical, and practical foundations of a group stress management program to increase clients' effective coping with routine daily stressors. The program provides coping skills training through three components--relaxation training, cognitive restructuring, and social skills training. Discusses implications for social…

Participants in a communitywide stop-smoking contest were interviewed for cognitive, behavioral, and general smoking modification strategies used and amount of social support received specific to stopping smoking. Subjects reported using a variety of cognitive strategies but relatively few behavioral techniques during their attempts to quit.…

Used a cognitive behavioral treatment approach to eliminate bingeing and purging in a 16-year-old high school female. Results indicated that incidents of purging reduced substantially and that the frequency of purging may continue to remain at zero given occasional booster treatments. (LLL)

Examined the effects of reframing in decreasing loneliness and depression in college students. Compared reframing with a treatment consisting of self-control directives and a waiting list control for 57 female subjects. Results showed subjects in the reframing group experienced more significant reduction in depression than subjects in the other…

Administered participant modeling (PM) alone, PM with simultaneous self-instructional training, PM with self-verbalization, or placebo treatment to phobics (N=36) to determine whether cognitive treatment would enhance the effectivenesss of PM. Results showed that the three PM treatments produced equivalent improvement in behavior and the placebo…

The current status of research literature relevant to obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is reviewed. Models proposing the etiology and maintenance of OCD, empirically established treatments for OCD, and research supporting cognitive approaches to treatment are also included in the review. Until recently, most of the controlled research…

Acculturative stress or culture shock is a stress response that often occurs as individuals, especially students, travel and live in other countries. This paper describes a practical treatment model designed to help reduce the effects of this reaction. It states that the model is a comprehensive, integrative stress management treatment protocol…

Evaluated cognitive, behavioral, and combined assertiveness treatments for dysfunctional job-interviewing skills. Cognitive treatment had no impact on any outcome variable. Some evidence favoring behavioral treatment appeared on cognitive assessment battery but not on behavioral battery, suggesting that cognitive improvements were not clearly…

Investigated effects of affective/cognitive empathy training program on empathy level in 24 aggressive adolescent girls in residential treatment center. Experimental group was exposed to training sessions to increase empathy levels. Posttest revealed significant positive relationships between ego development and both affective and cognitive…

Tested initial effects of cognitive-behavioral therapy for binge eating. Female nonpurging binge eaters (n=44) were randomized to treatment or control groups. At posttreatment, significant difference was found, with 79 percent of treatment subjects reporting abstinence from binge eating and 94 percent decrease in binge eating compared with…

Investigated whether effectiveness of behavioral marital therapy would be increased by addition of cognitive restructuring and/or emotional expressiveness training for maritally distressed couples. Results from 60 such couples randomly assigned to a variety of treatment combinations revealed that the addition of cognitive restructuring and…