cognitive behavior theory
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Cognitive Behavior Theory
Figure 1 Source: oogleyboo-kbil. Cognitive imagination. (2009). Retrieved from http://www.deviantart.com/art/Cognitive-imagination-124515031
“We are not disturbed by what happens to us, but by our thoughts about what happens to us.”
Epictetus
Figure 2 Source: TheHeroicStoic.com. The story of Epictetus. (2013). Retrieved from http://www.heroicstoic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Epictetus-Feature.jpg
BEHAVIOR
Figure 3 Source: psychminded. Cognitive behaviour therapy. (2011). Retrieved from https://psychminded.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/cog-triangle.jpg
THOUGHTS
FEELINGS
Cognitive Restructuring
Figure 4 Source: Boyes, A. (2013). Try these cognitive restructuring exercises to improve your mood and reduce stress. Retrieved from http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--Dz5-uTqu--/18d818ynhy1e2jpg.jpg
Cognitive restructuring is a technique that helps to identify and challenge irrational or maladaptive thoughts known as cognitive
distortions (Mills, Reiss & Dombeck, 2015).
Cognitive Distortions • All-or-Nothing Thinking • Overgeneralization • Mental Filter • Discounting the Positive • Jumping to Conclusions • Magnification • Emotional Reasoning • Should Statements • Labeling • Personalization and Blame (Burns, 1999)
Emotional Reasoning “I feel like an idiot, therefore I am an idiot.”
“I feel inadequate, therefore I must be a worthless
person.”
Emotional reasoning plays a role in almost all depressions. Because things feel so negative to a
depressed person, such a person assumes the reasoning is correct.
One common side effect of emotional reasoning is
procrastination (Watson, 2015).
Untwist Your Thinking
• Identify the Distortion • Examine the Evidence • The Double-Standard
Method • Experimental Technique • Thinking in Shades of
Grey • The Survey Method • Define Terms • The Semantic Method • Re-attribution • Cost-Benefit Analysis
(Burns, 1999)
Figure 5 Source: fc07. Thoughts. (2011). Retrieved from http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/251/a/6/ a6b0b700dc0305c8b44fe92a5775010a-d4987pa.jpg
Your Thoughts & Feelings • Sadness or Depression • Guilt or Shame • Anger, Irritation, Annoyance, or Resentment • Frustration • Anxiety, Worry, Fear, Nervousness or Panic • Inferiority or Inadequacy • Loneliness • Hopelessness or Discouragement (Burns,
1999)
References • Burns, D. (1999). The feeling good handbook. Retrieved from
http://www.apsu.edu/sites/apsu.edu/files/counseling/COGNITIVE_0.pdf
• Mills H., Reiss N. & Dombeck, M. (2015). Cognitive restructuring. Retrieved from http://www.sevencounties.org/poc/view_doc.php?type=doc&id=15670&cn=117
• Watson, A. (2015). To "emotionally reason" is to take your emotions as evidence for the truth. Retrieved from http://essex-behavioural-therapy.co.uk/article.asp?aid=54&topic=emotional-reasoning