Cognitive-behavioural therapy: An information guide - CAMH ...
Cognitive-behavioural therapy: An information guide - CAMH ...
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16 <strong>Cognitive</strong>-<strong>behavioural</strong> <strong>therapy</strong> : <strong>An</strong> <strong>information</strong> <strong>guide</strong><br />
This example shows that to understand why Peter was feeling sad<br />
and angry, we need to understand what he was thinking:<br />
• that he does not have a relationship and really wants to be in one<br />
• that it does not seem fair to him that everyone else seems to get<br />
what he desires so much in his life<br />
• that because he does not have someone now, he will never find<br />
someone and will always be alone.<br />
As an exercise, try to think of a situation in the past week that was upsetting.<br />
Please take a moment to see if you can identify the following:<br />
Situation: _________________________________________________<br />
(Where were you? Were you with anyone?)<br />
Moods: ___________________________________________________<br />
(What were you feeling?)<br />
Thoughts: _ ______________________________________________<br />
(What was going through your mind?)<br />
Behaviours:______________________________________________<br />
(What did you do? How did you cope?)<br />
Questioning and evaluating negative<br />
automatic thoughts<br />
As you learn to identify your negative automatic thoughts, you will<br />
also learn to question and evaluate these thoughts. A main goal<br />
of cbt is to help you learn to see your thoughts as ideas that do not<br />
necessarily reflect reality. In other words, just because you think<br />
something does not always mean it is true.
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