All About Depression: Online Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Workshop

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Workshop
-About Change
-Common Obstacles
-CBT Overview
-CBT Principles in Action
-Thoughts Cause Feelings
-Automatic Thoughts
-Unrealistic Thoughts
-Depression Affects Thinking
-Thinking Styles
-Thinking Styles Example
-Summary of Principles
-Keeping an Automatic Thought Record
-Thoughts and Feelings
-Step #1: Record Info
-Step #2: Rate Info
-Step #3: Respond to Info
-Helen's Responses
-Step #4: Get Results
-Appropriate Expectations
-Troubleshooting
-Conclusion

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-Strategies for Balanced Thinking
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Thinking Styles: Example

Here are some of Helen's Automatic Thoughts, and the Thinking Styles that describe them:

"He is angry with me."	Mind Reading, Personalization
"Something terrible has happened to him."	Catastrophizing
"He never calls when he says he will."	Overgeneralization
"He doesn't love me. I am not good enough for him."	Mind Reading, Personalization, Blaming
"He is seeing someone else. He wants to leave me. No one likes me. I am going to be lonely forever."	Catastrophizing, Mind Reading, Chain Reaction

As you can see, some thoughts reflect more than one Thinking Style. This is not uncommon. From Helen's example, it seems that some of her most common Thinking Styles are Mind Reading, Personalization, and Catastrophizing.

Thinking Styles

Summary of CBT Principles

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