daniel hughes developed cognitive therapy for persons with depression.
daniel hughes developed cognitive therapy for persons with depression.
who developed cognitive therapy for persons with depression?
daniel hughes
burns was an early student of aaron t. beck, who developed cognitive therapy during the 1960s and 1970s. cognitive therapy was also based on the pioneering work of albert ellis during the 1950s, who popularized the notion that our thoughts and beliefs create our moods. however, the basic concept behind cognitive therapy goes all the way back to epictetus, the greek philosopher. nearly 2,000 years ago he wrote that people are disturbed not by things, but by the views we take of them. in other words, our thoughts (or "cognitions") create all of our feelings. thus when we make healthy changes in the way we think, we experience healthy changes in the way we feel.
david d. burns
roger phillips, in the early 1980s, was one of the first to suggest that combining aspects of cognitive behavioral therapy with play interventions would be a good theory to investigate. cognitive behavioral play therapy was then developed to be used with very young children between two and six years of age. it incorporates aspects of beck's cognitive therapy with play therapy because children may not have the developed cognitive abilities necessary for participation in straight cognitive therapy. in this therapy, specific toys such as dolls and stuffed animals may be used to model particular cognitive strategies, such as effective coping mechanisms and problem-solving skills. little emphasis is placed on the children's verbalizations in these interactions but rather on their actions and their play. creating stories with the dolls and stuffed animals is a common method used by cognitive behavioral play therapists in order to change children's maladaptive thinking.
play therapy