Beck cognitive model

The cognitive model, in which certain life experiences contribute to the development of pervasive cognitive schemas or cognitive distortions—negative mental sets and expectations that automatically influence ongoing perceptions, conclusions, and predictions about the future (Beck, Ellis)... 

The development and maintenance of Colin s problem were conceptualized using a combination of Beck s cognitive model (Beck 1976 Beck et al 1979, 1985) and a model specific to health anxiety (Salkovskis and Warwick 1986 Warwick and Salkovskis 1989, 1990 Wells 1997), and was built up collabora-tively over several sessions. The final version is shown in Figure 11.1. 

This book is presented in three parts. Part 1 (Chapters 1 and 2) provides an introduction to and overview of stress in the occupational context, and its causes and consequences. A cognitive behavioural model of occupational stress based on Aaron T. Beck s seminal work on the subject (Beck 1984) is developed. Part 2 (Chapters 3-8) introduces the standard cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) approach to assessment, formulation and the primary, secondary and tertiary interventions for treating occupational stress. While the main focus of this section is on individual CBT interventions, a chapter on organizational interventions has also been included, as an acknowledgement of the importance of primary level interventions. Case illustrations of the standard CBT approach are presented in Chapters 9, 10 and 11. It should be noted that the names and some of the details presented in all the case illustrations have of course been altered to protect the identity of those individuals involved. 

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