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Question: TMA 02 Compare and contrast the cognitive-behavioural and mindfulness approaches to understanding and working with fear and sadness. Which of these two approaches do you feel more drawn to and why?
Mark 86% - D240 Counselling: exploring fear and sadness
Answer: Throughout their lives many people will experience some form of fear or sadness. These can present as phobias such as fear of closed spaces or spiders, or sadness, maybe caused by bereavement or sickness of a loved one. These are just two examples among the several reasons that fear and sadness can appear. If a diagnosis is given, fear and sadness are often labelled as anxiety and depression (Barker. Langdridge and Vossler, 2010, p. 2). There are several treatments and therapies that can be used to treat fear and sadness, these include, medication, humanistic approaches, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (hereinafter CBT) and mindfulness. This essay will compare and contrast the CBT and mindfulness approaches to understanding and working with fear and sadness. This will start with a summary of both approaches, it will then move on to discuss the similarities and differences and any limitati...(short extract)
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- Subject: Counselling Studies
- Course: D240 Counselling: exploring fear and sadness
- Level: Degree
- Year: 2nd/3rd
- Mark: 86%
- Words: 1882
- Date submitted: October 24, 2019
- Date written: February, 2018
- References: Yes
- Document type: Essay*
- Essay ID: 8740
