Benchmark – Major Counseling Theories Comparison Paper

Throughout the course, you have studied and written about a number of counseling theories that are used as the basis for the counseling profession. In this paper, choose a theory and compare it against each of the following three theories:

Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT)

Solution-focused

Psychoanalysis

Choose a theory that you have studied in this course. Do not choose one of the three theories listed above.

Compare your selected theory against the three theories listed above.

Write a 1,500-2,000-word paper discussing your theory comparisons. Include the following in your paper:

Part 1: Selected Theory

Founding theorist(s) for the selected theory

Standard interventions for the selected theory

At least three main concepts of the selected theory

Part 2: Cognitive Behavior Theory (CBT)

Founding theorist(s) for CBT

Standard interventions for CBT

Similarities and differences between your selected theory and CBT

Part 3: Solution-Focused Theory

Founding theorist(s) for solution-focused theory

Standard interventions for solution-focused theory

Similarities and differences between your selected theory and solution-focused theory

Part 4: Psychoanalysis

Founding theorist(s) for psychoanalysis

Standard interventions for psychoanalysis

Similarities and differences between your selected theory and psychoanalysis

Include at least three scholarly references in your paper in addition to the course textbook.

Solution preview

Rational Emotional Behavior Therapy is one of the many theories counselors use for counseling. Albert Ellis pioneered this theory in the year 1995. He came up with this therapy after personally experimenting to help him tackle the fear he had for women. He would visit a park and force himself to talk 100 different women daily, and after one month he noticed………………….

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