Juan is a therapist who is meeting with an individual with depression for the first time. juan inquires not only about his sympt
oms, but also about what thoughts or beliefs go through his head when experiencing those symptoms. juan strongly believes that in order to reduce the depressed symptoms, he first needs to address any irrational thoughts and beliefs that come before them. what type of therapist is juan?
Cognitive therapy is illustrated as the kind of psychotherapy that says assists an individual to overcome the frustration or crisis faced due to precarious behavior, defective thoughts and perturbed emotional state. A cognitive therapist is one who functions to modify the emotions, behavior, and thoughts to help the patient overcome this dissatisfaction or grievance as it believes in this therapy and thinks that all these three aspects are interlinked together and one influences the other leading to a resented human state.
As per the question, Juan would be categorized as a '<u>cognitive therapist</u>' as she attempts to inquire the physical as well as psychological/emotional beliefs that led the individual(patient) to depression because she believes that there is an association between the individual's depressed mental state and beliefs propagated by him/her that would help Juan to assess the reasons for his condition and modify it accordingly.
Juan who is going to meet an individual with depression and inquires not only his symptoms but also his thoughts. The type of therapist that Juan is a cognitive therapist. A cognitive therapist deals with negativities, such as negative patterns of thoughts or beliefs of a person in order to treat the individual's certain mood or behavior, for example, depression.
