Thought Distortions
One of the strategies of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is to help the client identify and question thought distortions. We all have a few thought distortions that may lead us to questionable conclusions and behaviors. The distortions most often focused on in CBT are those we have about ourselves.
It is simpler to explain distortions in thinking with examples. The following are some common thinking patterns people use.
Emotional Reasoning: We may confuse a feeling with a fact.
Don’t Believe Everything You Think.
Rene’ Descartes the 17th century philosopher, in his famous quote stated, “I think therefore I am.” I am not sure what Descartes meant, but perhaps he meant, in thinking we become ourselves.
Our thinking brain is truly a miracle of uncanny brilliance. From current time into the distant past, humans have used their brains to solve untold mysteries of our natural world. Our brains have developed, discovered, built, and created civilization.
COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY, WHAT IS IT AND HOW DOES IT WORK?
CBT is an extensively researched and well defined model of therapy. As a therapeutic model it is excellent. CBT is based on how our brain processes information.
As the name implies, what we think (cognition), shapes our behavior and may precipitate health or disorder. Mostly unawares, our brain is continuously thinking and processing information.
Many areas of the brain, in particular,
