Abstract
Cognitive appraisal therapy (CAT) makes its change-promoting values explicit to clients. These include taking responsibility for actions; self-respect and self-confidence are gained through personal responsibility and doing what is right at any given moment; people should do what they feel right rather than pursuing hedonistic ends; and no self-blame nor blame of others. CAT builds self-respect and self-confidence by encouraging clients to learn—to do what is right as they understand it at the particular moment; that self-respect is earned, not inherited; to understand their personal rules of living and follow them rather than justifying cognitions; to be satisfied with effort instead of achievement; to accept that change can be uncomfortable; to understand that responsibility leads to self-respect; and that changing is their choice. CAT shifts maladaptive personality styles by modifying extremes on the active–passive and dominant–submissive personality dimensions; moving the client's interpersonal stance from hostile (alienated) to friendly (attached); and modifying extremes of personality styles by helping “feelers” to become “thinkers” and thinkers feelers.
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