In the study of cognitive psychology, certain milestones have proven to be important to the evolution of this particular style of analysis. Developed in the early 1900's, cognitive psychology was designed to assist with the treatment of many different neuroses.
Dr. Alfred Adler's Research Was The First Milestone
In the first milestone, Dr. Alfred Adler created the "individual psychology" concept, which laid the foundation for further study by renowned analyst Dr. Sigmund Freud. The second milestone occurred a decade later, when Freud stipulated that the impulses governing sexuality were decisive factors that led to a normal or neurotic state of mind. Through the decades, opposition to Freud's conclusions has surfaced; these days, many students of psychology question his research...
In the 50s, a doctor named Albert Ellis added to the study of cognitive psychology by instructing students based on his concept of "rational emotive therapy". Dr. Adler's research (rather than the studies and rationale of Freud) influenced this work.
Cognitive therapy reached a fourth milestone when Dr. Aaron Beck published a book about cognitive therapy in the Seventies. This doctor felt his work was self-inspired, and that it wasn't based on outside influences; however, many psychologists and psychiatrists found plenty of parallels and similarities between this new work and the work of Ellis and Adler.
Today, therapists use a variety of techniques to treat patients; they draw from all of the work listed above to give men, women and children access to a range of effective cognitive therapy options; however, the most popular and enduring forms of cognitive therapy are commonly believed to be influenced by the work of Dr. Alfred Adler. In fact, Adler's particular attitude towards cognitive psychology is currently mirrored by many of his modern-day contemporaries. In a sense, the man who created the concept of cognitive psychology should also represent the fifth milestone of this type of study, since the resurgence of interest in his methodology may well be another milestone in cognitive psychology.
Dr. Alfred Adler's Research Was The First Milestone
In the first milestone, Dr. Alfred Adler created the "individual psychology" concept, which laid the foundation for further study by renowned analyst Dr. Sigmund Freud. The second milestone occurred a decade later, when Freud stipulated that the impulses governing sexuality were decisive factors that led to a normal or neurotic state of mind. Through the decades, opposition to Freud's conclusions has surfaced; these days, many students of psychology question his research...
In the 50s, a doctor named Albert Ellis added to the study of cognitive psychology by instructing students based on his concept of "rational emotive therapy". Dr. Adler's research (rather than the studies and rationale of Freud) influenced this work.
Cognitive therapy reached a fourth milestone when Dr. Aaron Beck published a book about cognitive therapy in the Seventies. This doctor felt his work was self-inspired, and that it wasn't based on outside influences; however, many psychologists and psychiatrists found plenty of parallels and similarities between this new work and the work of Ellis and Adler.
Today, therapists use a variety of techniques to treat patients; they draw from all of the work listed above to give men, women and children access to a range of effective cognitive therapy options; however, the most popular and enduring forms of cognitive therapy are commonly believed to be influenced by the work of Dr. Alfred Adler. In fact, Adler's particular attitude towards cognitive psychology is currently mirrored by many of his modern-day contemporaries. In a sense, the man who created the concept of cognitive psychology should also represent the fifth milestone of this type of study, since the resurgence of interest in his methodology may well be another milestone in cognitive psychology.
