Post a reflection on the impact of a cognitive behavioral therapy approach with clients with substance use disorders. ? Describe three cogniti

  Watch Parts 7, 8, and 9 of the video series CBT Role Play – Complete Session – Depression and Alcohol Use (Grande, 2017). Note that the entire session is depicted over 10 video clips. You are welcome to watch any or all of them, but the focus of this Discussion will be on Parts 7, 8, and 9. 

• Grande, T. (2017, March 19). CBT role play – complete session – depression and alcohol use – part 7Links to an external site. [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdHut6b8-2Y
   
• Grande, T. (2017, March 20). CBT role play – complete session – depression and alcohol use – part 8Links to an external site. [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGCE4rxRhZA
   
• Grande, T. (2017, March 21). CBT role play – complete session – depression and alcohol use – part 9Links to an external site. [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccMJbdHC6cg

Post a reflection on the impact of a cognitive behavioral therapy approach with clients with substance use disorders.  

• Describe three cognitive behavioral strategies you saw the therapist employ with the client and explain how those strategies impacted the session. Use specific examples from the video clips to support your arguments. 
• Explain how the therapist’s exploration of the client’s thoughts and behaviors surrounding the moment she is tempted to begin drinking could benefit her in her recovery journey. Use specific examples from the video clips to support your arguments.  
• In Part 9, the therapist and client explore her readiness to try a proposed strategy to reduce drinking and how achievable she believes the strategy is. Describe the significance of this discussion and explain how it may impact the client’s recovery journey.