Cognitive-Behavior Therapy Case Study

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Cognitive-behaviour therapy (CBT) is a form of psychotherapy that appeared in clinical social work practice in the 1960s (Walsh, 2013). Research has shown that CBT is effective when used with people who have low self-esteem (Hepworth et al., 2013). The main idea rooted within CBT is that a person 's behavior is strongly associated with their thoughts, feelings, and beliefs about certain life events (Walsh, 2013). In this view, a person 's thought process determines their behavior and actions (Walsh, 2013). In the case study, Asif has sought social work help because he is suffering from low self-esteem due to perceiving things in a negative manner. The purpose of this paper is to apply CBT to assist Asif to learn to analyze his negative