Behavioural activation notes from class

Question 1

what components are involved in behavioural activation? (6)

Answer 1

1. monitoring activity
2. assessing pleasure and mastery
3. increasing pleasure and mastery
4. cognitive rehearsal of activities (imagination or visual)
5. discussion of specific problems and techniques for dealing with them
6. ameliorating skills deficits

Question 2

In what ways can the therapist increase activities that are valued?

Answer 2

differentiating between enjoyment and value

1. high value - low enjoyment (studying)
2. low value - high enjoyment (watching reality TV)
3. high value - high enjoyment (going to the gym..)
4. low value - low enjoyment (cleaning)

aiming to find high value-high enjoyment activities for the person to engage in

Question 3

what is the key proposition of behavioural activation?

Answer 3

behaviours influence thoughts and feelings and if you aren’t going to be DOING anything (lack of behaviour) then it can lead to depressive thoughts and feelings

Question 4

What are some common errors of behavioural activation?

Answer 4

1. failture to adequately/accurately explain rationale
2. failure to adequately/accurately assess current situation
3. not encouraging monitoring sufficiently
4. not choosing activities that are too easy or too difficult
5. not sufficiently emphasizing the importance of the homework