Homework Assignments in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Year 2015, Volume: 7 Issue: 3, 280 - 288, 12.07.2015

Cem Soylu , Cihat Topaloğlu

Abstract

Homeworks have been considered as an important aspect of cognitive behavioral therapy. Generally aimed to get and give information with homework in the initial sessions while it is aimed to transfer into everyday life of the skills and techniques which were taught in therapy session in the further sessions. Activity planning, self-monitoring, cognition and behavior rating scales, and exposure can be shown among commonly used homeworks. Many studies indicated that patients who adapt and regularly doing their homework showed more improvement than patients who don’t. In addition, studies indicated that homework is an important factor for the effectiveness of therapy and has a positive impact on the results of treatment. For this reason, it is important that therapists who working with the techniques of cognitive behavioral therapy to know details related to application of homeworks and to application the techniques in right time and in the correct way. Aim of this review is to describe homeworks which are particularly used in the cognitive behavioral therapy frame, explain implementation of the processes and commonly used homeworks types. Also describes factors which influencing compliance against homework, finally examined the effectiveness of homework in the process of cognitive behavioral therapy in this article.

 

Keywords

Cognitive behavioral therapy, homework, activity planning

Bilişsel Davranışçı Terapide Ev Ödevi Uygulamaları

Abstract

Ev ödevleri bilişsel davranışçı terapinin önemli bir yönü olarak kabul edilmiştir. İlk seanslarda hastalardan ev ödevleri ile genellikle bilgi almak ve vermek hedeflenirken ilerleyen seanslarda terapi oturumunda öğretilen beceri ve tekniklerin hastaların gündelik yaşamına aktarılması amacı vardır. Sık kullanılan ev ödevleri arasında aktivite planlama, kendini gözlemleme, düşünce ve davranış derecelendirme ve yüzleştirme gösterilebilir. Birçok çalışmada uyum sağlayıp ev ödevlerini düzenli yapan hastaların yapmayan hastalara göre daha fazla iyileşme gösterdiği belirtilmiştir. Bununla birlikte yapılan çalışmalarda ev ödevlerinin, terapinin etkinliği için önemli bir faktör olduğu ve tedavi sonuçları üzerinde olumlu etkilere sahip olduğu belirtilmiştir. Bu nedenle bilişsel davranışçı terapi teknikleri ile çalışan terapistlerin ev ödevlerinin uygulanması ile ilgili detayları bilmesi ve doğru bir zamanda ve şekilde uygulaması önemlidir. Bu derlemenin amacı, özellikle bilişsel davranışçı terapi çerçevesinde kullanılan ev ödevlerinin tanımlanması, uygulanmasındaki aşamaların ve sık kullanılan türlerinin açıklanmasıdır. Ayrıca bu makalede ev ödevlerine karşı uyumu etkileyen faktörler açıklanmış ve son olarak da bilişsel davranışçı terapi süreci içerisinde kullanılan ev ödevlerinin etkinliği incelenmiştir.

 

Keywords

Bilişsel davranışçı terapi, ev ödevi, aktivite planlama

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