A Survey into the Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Self-Practice and Self-Reflection amongst Cognitive Behavioural Therapists (CBT) and the Implications for Future Training

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF TABLESIII

LIST OF FIGURESIV

RESULTS1

Descriptive1

T-Test5

Qualitative data (Responses)6

Self therapy practice7

Barrier8

Training and therapy9

Self practice group10

Trainings improvement11

Analysis12

DISCUSSION20

Therapist individual contribution20

Positive role for self practice and self reflection21

Change mechanism22

Education level23

Therapist skills25

Therapist's background26

Cognitive behavioural therapy adherence27

Primary role of cognitive behavioural therapy therapists29

Therapeutic relationship31

Conclusion34

REFERENCES37

LIST OF TABLES

Question 1: Table 1: Are you studying?1

Question 3: Table 2: Have you had Cognitive Behavioural Therapy yourself?1

Question 5: Table 3: Do you practice CBT techniques on yourself?2

Question 7: Table 4: How often do you use CBT techniques to assist with your own difficulties? (e.g. thought records or behavioral activation)2

Question 8: Table 5: In your opinion, how effective are these strategies in supporting you?3

Question 9: Table 6: In your opinion, should personal Cognitive Behavioural Therapy be a requirement for training?3

Question 13: Table 7: Have you ever participated in a self practice group?4

Question 14: Table 8: How useful did you find the self-practice group?4

Table 9: Group Statistics5

Table 10: Independent Samples Test5

LIST OF FIGURES

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RESULTS

Introduction

This chapter will provide the information about the results that is being obtained from the participants. The results were posted on the link of survey monkey which was provided by the researcher. The tables in this chapter will provide the response rate percentage for particular questions. The group statistics is also given along with the independent test to know the relationship.s

Descriptive

Question 1: Table 1: Are you studying?

Answer Options

Response Percent

Response Count

Post Graduate Certification

26%

5

Post Graduate Diploma

47%

9

MSc.

26%

5

In table 1 it can be seen that most of the respondents are PG diploma holder. Whereas it can also be seen in the table that PG certificate and MSc are of same no. This implies that survey response was given by most of the respondents who were holding post graduate diploma.

Question 3: Table 2: Have you had Cognitive Behavioural Therapy yourself?

Answer Options

Response Percent

Response Count

Yes

24%

5

No

76%

16

In table 2 it can be seen that most of the respondents have not provided the cognitive behavioural therapy to themselves. This implies that among all the respondents, there are many respondents who do not have tested the cog native behavioural therapy on themselves.

Question 5: Table 3: Do you practice CBT techniques on yourself?

Answer Options

Response Percent

Response Count

Yes

81.0%

17

No

19.0%

4

Please explain your answer

20

In table 3 it can be seen that most of the respondents have said yes regarding the practice of CBT technique to their selves. According to the responses it can be said that most of the respondents have tried the CBT technique on their selves. However they have not adopted the therapy as a part of their personal therapy practices.

Question 7: Table 4: How often do you use CBT techniques to assist with your own difficulties? (e.g. thought records or behavioural activation)

Answer Options

Response Percent

Response Count

Not at all

0.0%

0

Daily

24%

4

Weekly

41%

7

Monthly

35%

6

Yearly

0.0%

0

In table 4 respondents responded to the question regarding the use of CBT technique in order assist their own difficulties. Most of the respondents have selected weekly against this statement. According to the responses it can be interpreted that ...