Strengthlab on May 19th 2015 StrengthLab Thoughts
The author, Aaron T. Beck, one of the founders of cognitive therapy, provides a comprehensive guide to its theory and practice.
Strengthlab on May 19th 2015 StrengthLab Thoughts
We have the personal capacity to quickly improve our own lives without medication and without therapy. Our biased perceptions (or misconceptions) of events cause the majority of our mental and physical distress; it’s rarely the events themselves or the people centered on these events. Negative thinking and inaccurate assumptions are frequently to blame. However, even if our conception happens to be correct, how we choose to respond to the external stimulus is still up to us.