Cognitive Theory And Ego Psychology With Young Domestic...

from birth. Originally, in psychoanalytic theory, Freud believed that the ego was â€Å"derived from the need to reconcile drives within the constraints of social living† (Hutchison, 2015, p. 132). Now, ego psychologists view the ego as being present from the time of birth. In comparison to cognitive theory, ego psychologists believe that there are developmental stages in which the ego goes through. While it is true that the ego does not need to be learned in order to be in existence, it does have to develop and adjust to new life situations just as one’s cognition goes through developmental stages and must adapt and adjust to new encounters. Use of Cognitive Theory and Ego Psychology with Young Domestic Violence Victims In order to†¦show more content†¦In assessing the client through cognitive theory, K appears to be unable to find equilibrium between her schema of knowing abuse is wrong and not the victim’s fault, and her learned experience of being abused and having these opinion and thoughts towards herself. In hypothetical situations, she knows and understands that abuse victims are not to blame for their abuse, but she is unable to assimilate that information into her lived experience of abuse. The social worker would likely assess K as having cognitive distortions about personal abuse. In the planning process, the social worker must work to understand why K has the particular assumptions that she is to blame for the abuse. Planning what interventions and measures to take with K means listening attentively to the ways in which K understands and verbalizes her understanding of her abuse and the si tuation. The social worker must also work with K to outline possible goals that she wishes to get out of the treatment. In intervention, â€Å"the social worker helps the client adjust his or her cognitive process to better facilitate the attainment of goals† (Hutchison, 2015, p. 126). Because the social worker identified a cognitive distortion in the way K views her personal abuse in relation to hypothetical abuse, intervention should be structured in bringing equilibrium back to K’s schemata about abuse. A social worker that uses ego psychology would look at