How to build a good relationship from the start. If you have responsibility for someone else [eg, your child or your partner or your employee], then that creates a right to control their behavior, but not the person. In cognitive principle matrix the rule is: When it is positive it is personal, but when…
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What is Cognitive Principle Therapy?
Cognitive Principle Therapy Overview: The cognitive principle matrix provides the model on which cognitive principle therapy is based. The therapy is a combination of psycho-education and counselling (approx 70/30). The model provides the education, while the counselling allows the client to experience the model by sharing the relationship emotions which are taught, namely, trust, respect,…
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Why hope is the highest level of self-efficacy
Why hope is the highest level of self-efficacy. The American Psychologial Association states that “self-efficacy refers to an individual's belief in his or her capacity to execute behaviors necessary to produce specific performance attainments (Bandura, 1977, 1986, 1997). Self-efficacy reflects confidence in the ability to exert control over one's own motivation, behavior, and social environment.…
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Rules, boundaries and consequences
Rules, boundaries and consequences to build relationships. If you follow the three truths of the cognitive principle matrix it is a lot easier to establish rules, boundaries and consequences [RBC]. Also RBC can be built around principles, rather than behaviors. Principles cover a large group of behaviors which creates an easier and more flexible way…
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