SOME INFORMATION ABOUT COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY (CBT)
Brent Magee, Psychotherapy and counselling
Battersea Square, Wandsworth, London SW11
There are three main idea's behind Cognitive Behaviour Therapy!
1. Emotions and behaviors are the direct result of thinking.
2. Emotional problems are caused by negative and unrealistic thinking.
3. By changing negative and unrealistic thinking, emotional problems can be reduced.
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There are also three major irrational beliefs that people can hold as true!
1. I must do well and win people's approval or else I am worthless.
2. Other people must treat me considerately and kindly in exactly the way I want them to.
3. Life must give me all that I want, quickly and easily, and give me nothing I don't want.
In Summary, the steps involved in CBT counselling are to teach the client:
1. Monitor emotional upsets and what causes them.
2. Identify maladaptive thinking and beliefs.
3. Realise the connections between thinking, emotions and behaviour.
4. Test out maladaptive thinking and beliefs by examining the evidence for and against them.
5. Substitute the negative thinking with more realistic thinking.
