:: Burris Life Coaching vs CBT

Burris Coaching

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Burris Coaching Approach

CBT Approach

There is a single question one must ask in regard to fully understanding human behavior and this is simply “What determines human behavior?” If one cannot clearly answer this question one is simply guessing. Burris Coaching begins with a clear definitive answer to this question.

There is a consistent subconscious process one must go through in order to bring about an emotional state which in turn will equal a behavior. This is why SR® does not focus on gender, race, socioeconomic background, age, geographic location or any other external variable. The focus of SR® is on how each individual processes every event in their life from the deepest level of the subconscious.
 

CBT does not pose the question of "What determines an emotional state and behavior?" This is why the focus of CBT is based on external events and how a client responds to those events or how severely they may have been traumatized.

The level of trauma experienced by any individual is purely a subjective assessment because everyone’s perception of their life events is different. This makes this first observational assessment perfectly flawed. When you add the variables of gender, race, socioeconomic background, age, and geographic location one has assured oneself of a perfectly convoluted assessment which has no real meaning and is almost impossible to interpret except for the most specific of parameters.

What Burris Coaching Measures

What CBT Measures

Everything we do as human beings is emotionally driven. This is why the primary instrument for SR® is Emotional Measurement™. We have found that Fear, Guilt and Anger are the most debilitating of all human emotion so we begin with addressing these emotions first.

The two other instruments used for measuring and monitoring a client are a Behavior Control Checklist which insures the client understood the process and enables them to grade their coach and a Relationship Satisfaction Scale.

CBT primarily uses observational subjective evaluation to assess a client's progress. Recently there has been more pressure put on the behavioral health community to show what they are doing is working. This has prompted the use of an outcome questioner which may indicate CBT is working. There is still no standard because it is difficult to establish one without first clearly answering several key questions.
 

Why Burris Coaching Measures it

Why CBT Measures it

Depression: Major Depressive Disorder is the leading cause of disability in the U.S. for ages 15-44.(3) Antidepressants are the most commonly prescribed class of medications in the United States with over 27 million effected over the age of six.(4)

Anxiety: Approximately 40 million American adults ages 18 and older, or about 18.1 percent of people in this age group in a given year, have an anxiety disorder.(5) Anxiety disorders frequently co-occur with depressive disorders or substance abuse.(5) Most people with one anxiety disorder also have another anxiety disorder. Nearly three-quarters of those with an anxiety disorder will have their first episode by age 21.(6)

Negative Self Talk: Depressed groups endorse significantly more negative self-talk and evidenced a significantly less-frequent occurrence of positive self-talk.(7) The first component the subconscious uses to bring about an emotional state and behavior is internal dialogue and this is the first process to be interrupted, restructured and reprogrammed with the SR® process.

Anger: Anger and hostility are linked to coronary heart disease in both healthy and CHD populations.(8)

Sleep: A chronic sleep-restricted state can cause fatigue, daytime sleepiness, clumsiness and weight loss or weight gain.(9) Sleep deprivation adversely affects the brain and cognitive function.(10) Eating Behavior: Physiological changes as a result of disordered eating can effect psychology(11) and in turn the psychology which brings about disordered eating effects the physiology.(12)

Suicidal Ideation: Suicidal ideation has been linked to hopelessness(13) and anxiety14 both of which are measured in the Emotional Checklist and numbers which are monitored. Question 12 is a straight forward indicator of suicidal ideation and many times closely correlate with question 1 (anxiety) and question 5 (hopelessness). The risk of suicide attempts among the PTSD population is six times greater than in the general population.(15)

CBT continues to use observational subjective evaluation as their primary instrument of measurement because it leaves the door of speculation wide open as far as who or what is to blame if the therapy did not work. Every session in CBT is an exercise in experimental observational subjective evaluation.
 

How Burris Data is Generated

How CBT Data is Generated

The Burris Coaching protocol requires all data be generated by the client.
 

Burris Case & Group Studies

Burris Coaching has generated data on its effectiveness since its introduction into psychiatric care in 1990. In contrast to the NIMH study the more severe the depression the more significant the improvement with the use of Burris Coaching.

Following are  the results of three case studies and one group study.

Percent Improvements: Case Study 1: depression 78%, anxiety 71%, anger 83%, sleep 66%, suicidal ideation 83%, eating behavior 85%, relationship satisfaction, 55%. Case Study 2: depression 81%, anxiety 60%, anger 77%, sleep 80%, suicidal ideation 80% eating behavior 80%, relationship satisfaction, 21%. Case Study 3: depression 82%, anxiety 80%, anger 80%, and sleep 90% eating behavior 0%, relationship satisfaction, 44%. Group Study: depression 45%, anxiety 42%, anger 50%, sleep 37%, suicidal ideation 61%, eating behavior 36%, relationship satisfaction, 22%.

For a comprehensive epidemiologic overview of Burris Coaching and SR Emotional Measurement™ Process which includes the raw data of the above case and group studies please visit the SR® Epidemiology Page.