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https://www.online-therapy.com/files/img/cbt@2x.jpg

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhMmZJ3H1E8

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I thought

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A very short video on "musterbation" and "shoulding" on yourself. These are reflective of CBT "irrational beliefs" and information processing errors.

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Check out more & get the book: http://www.APhilosophersNotes.com

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Albert Ellis: A Guide to Rational Living - Thinking Allowed DVD w/ Jeffrey Mishlove

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Albert Ellis: A Guide to Rational Living - Thinking Allowed DVD w/ Jeffrey Mishlove

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NOTE: This is an excerpt from the full 90-minute DVD. http://www.thinkingallowed.com/2aellis.html Working to change your personal philosophy is a valid therapeutic technique -- one which can lead to genuine growth. Behavior, emotion and cognition, says Albert Ellis, are all interrelated. He tells us how to recognize irrational belief patterns based on "musts" and "shoulds."

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I thought this was kind of funny. So much of our reality is what we are thinking. Cognitive Therapy can help an individual change negative ideas through a lot of hard work to more positive ideas.

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When thinking about this weeks readings and how " cognitive-behavioral intervention appears to be effective in the treatment of a brand range of adults and child issues, challenges, and problems" (Brandell, 2011, pg.201). This short Ted Talk developed my thoughts in a different perspective. In my opinion, if we change our thought process and accept changes for better or for worse then we allow ourselves to observe, understand issues in our lives. We become more analytical and start to potentially be more positive. Having a way better outlook, thus understanding that this situation it is not that bad. It's changing our behavioral techniques and come to an understanding that if we train our selves then we can enhance our deficiencies to become better individuals.  Hope you enjoy the talk as much as I did.

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Getting stuck in the negatives (and how to get unstuck) | Alison Ledgerwood | TEDxUCDavis

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I found myself particularly drawn to Constructivism in review of the assigned reading. This is a nice explanation of application of constructivism in therapeutic interventions 

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I found myself particularly drawn to Constructivism in review of the assigned reading. This is a nice explanation of application of constructivism in therapeutic interventions 

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https://www.goodtherapy.org/learn-about-therapy/types/constructivism

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The University of Michigan has some interesting points to help talk positive about ones self
http://www.depressiontoolkit.org/takecare/positive_self_talk.asp

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A helpful model is: Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Systems Model...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08M_K0GIti8
Even though this isn't a model of psychotherapy, it is used as a core value in psychotherapy.

My favorite model of psychotherapy, is actually currently the core of psychotherapy, Carl Rogers person centered therapy...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0neRQzudzw

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Definitely want to make a plug for the healing powers of a mindfulness practice.  During my organic farming training with Buddhist monks in Marin County I felt as though I had shed many layers of hurt/anger/disconnection through being a steward of the land and practicing regular meditations.

How does mindfulness help reduce downward mood spirals?

1. When you enter a phase in our life during which you are vulnerable to depression, you lose touch with what is going on around you. It is a sort of tunnel vision: you can only see part of the landscape. You do not notice the moment when a spiral of low mood is starting.

Mindfulness practice helps you to see more clearly the patterns of the mind; and to learn how to recognise when your mood is beginning to go down. This means you can ‘nip it in the bud’ much earlier than before.

2. The very ‘losing touch’ with things can put a barrier between yourself and the small things in life that might have given you pleasure. This tendency can become extreme in clinical depression where it is known as ‘anhedonia’ (lack of pleasure from things we used to enjoy). But we all may know the feeling, especially when there is too much to do at work or home, or we are preoccupied on a project, when we don’t notice the small pleasures around us.

Mindfulness teaches you a way in which you can get back in touch with the experience of being alive.

3. Low mood can bring back memories and thoughts from the past, and make you worry about the future.

Mindfulness helps to halt the escalation of these negative thoughts and teaches you to focus on the present moment, rather than reliving the past or pre-living the future.

mbct.com

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CBT _ (Crystal)  I actually choose this image because it so relates to what I am going through at this moment. Some of you may have heard that I have been very ill and very freaked out so as my fear grew and my freaking out grew by reading a simply word necrosis I went into this very cycle oh god this is bad, necrosis is like flesh eating bacteria, death all these negative words which increased the freak out so I had to reel myself back in with CBT reframing my thoughts about this stupid infection so that I could manage the feelings that I was having the physical symptoms that my feelings and thoughts were causing me to have and it gave me the ability to move out of the more negative behaviors and begin a healthier more positive outlook so that I could face the real and scary issues by being in a better mind frame. CBT is an amazing therapy and way to help others and it is something that I use regularly myself and stand by fully.

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Criminal Thinking Errors and Cognitive Restructuring:  I first heard of criminal thinking errors during my undergrad work.  I took a cognitive restructuring course with Boyd Sharp that was focused on working with criminals with substance use and sex abuse histories.  Although it made me decide working in this particular field wasn't for me, the idea of thinking errors fascinated me.  Boyd told a story about a client in prison, who when asked why he was in prison would answer "because a guy cheated at cards".  When pressed who would not sway from that thinking.  He was in jail because a guy cheated at cards and he had to stab him.  The therapeutic premise that Boyd used was that you could not proceed with effective therapy,until clients could identify first others, then their own thinking errors.  He viewed criminal behavior through the same lens as substance abuse.  Through this process, you could then approach sobriety and recovery from substance abuse and criminal behavior.   I;m not sure that I subscribe to it 100%, but it is very interesting work.  

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Criminal Thinking Errors and Cognitive Restructuring:  I first heard of criminal thinking errors during my undergrad work.  I took a cognitive restructuring course with Boyd Sharp that was focused on working with criminals with substance use and sex abuse histories.  Although it made me decide working in this particular field wasn't for me, the idea of thinking errors fascinated me.  Boyd told a story about a client in prison, who when asked why he was in prison would answer "because a guy cheated at cards".  When pressed who would not sway from that thinking.  He was in jail because a guy cheated at cards and he had to stab him.  The therapeutic premise that Boyd used was that you could not proceed with effective therapy,until clients could identify first others, then their own thinking errors.  He viewed criminal behavior through the same lens as substance abuse.  Through this process, you could then approach sobriety and recovery from substance abuse and criminal behavior.   I;m not sure that I subscribe to it 100%, but it is very interesting work.  

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Paulie

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https://www.betterhelp.com/advice/therapy/what-is-psychodynamic-therapy-online/https://www.betterhelp.com/advice/therapy/what-is-psychodynamic-therapy-online/

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I am familiar with the worksheet, that you will find following this link, from my experience with thought changing process. http://optionscounseling.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/4StepsCognitiveRestructuring.pdf

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I first heard the concept of cognitive distortions in 2010, when I was working with victims/survivors of DV. I have explored this on and off since; some distortions being harder to address than others. It's something that has helped me tremendously and I wanted to share.