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Obsessive Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy (CBGT)

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This study is experiental approach will be used because of experiental approaches be based on experiences. The main purpose of this qualitative study is to gain a better understanding of patients’ views about CBGT and have deeply knowledge about experiences of obsessive compulsive disorder patients after 12 week cognitive behavioral group therapy (CBGT). The second objective of the study is to develop a cognitive behavioral basis solution-focused brief group therapy for OCD patients by evaluating the experiences and views about group therapy process. Accordingly, research question of this study is that what are the views and lived-experiences of obsessive-compulsive disorder patients in 12 week cognitive-behavioral group therapy? …show more content…

Currently, a considerable amount of researches emphasize the treatment techniques of cognitive behavior therapy which includes person’s beliefs, interpretations of events, thoughts, and images (De Silva & Rachman, 2004). Many researches supported that behavioral interventions such as exposure-response prevention (ERP) were effective for more than 70% of OCD patients. However, the use of cognitive interventions for OCD have increased in time because of high dropout rates (may reach 30%) in ERP (Houghton, et al. 2010). In order to eliminate these deficiencies the cognitive techniques in a group approach have been proposed. Various group therapies based on different theories are available in the literature. These are cognitive therapy, behavioral therapy, exposure-response prevention (ERP), and cognitive behavioral therapy in combination, individual therapy plus family member involvement, and supportive group therapy (Şafak, et al. 2014). Cognitive-behavioral group therapy which is also known as CBGT, is based on the assumption that adding group factors such as 11 therapeutic factors which affect the time of recovery for all group therapy members (Cordioli, et al. 2002). Cognitive restructuring (replacing negative …show more content…

2) Did you realize any kind of changes over the past twelve weeks?
3) How did you experience as cognitive, emotional and behavioral?
4) Do you think that CBGT was helpful regarding your OCD? (social relationships, family life, OCD symptoms, impact of OCD on everyday life and coping strategies.)
5) Did you experience any difficulties?
6) If you could change anything about the group therapy format, what would you change?
Interviews were conducted in a private therapy room. Interviews took between 70-110 minutes. Manipulating the responses of the participants was avoided during the developing schedule and interview. Within the scope of qualitative research and qualitative interview methods, the interviews started from general open questions to specific questions. At the end of the interview sessions researcher stated that the results of the research will be shared with participants. Finally, researcher asked to participants whether there was anything they would like to add or say before leaving from

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