Overview
What does CBT stand for?
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
This is how something is interpreted when something happens
What are thoughts
Even when these occur outside of our awareness, they still impact our thoughts and behaviors
What are emotions
The belief that actions will influence unrelated situations. Ex: "I am a good person — Bad things shouldn't happen to me."
What is magical thinking
Who is the founder of CBT?
Aaron Beck
This therapy is based on the idea that our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are constantly interacting and influencing one another.
What is CBT
People with mental illness such as depression, tend to have a high number of these unfounded negative thoughts
What are "Irrational Beliefs"
T/F - We need to practice identifying our thoughts and feelings if we want to change our behavior
What is true
The belief that one is responsible for events outside of their own control. Ex: "My mother is always upset. It must be because I have not done enough to help her."
What is personalization
T/F - Psychological problems are based, in part, on learned patterns of unhelpful behavior.
What is true
After we interpret a situation with our thoughts and experience an emotional reaction, we respond with this
What is a behavior
Thoughts that occur outside of our awareness, as if they are a reflex
What are automatic thoughts
This bodily response to a perceived threat includes 1) increased heart rate 2) sweating and 3) tensing of muscles
What is the fight or flight response
Exaggerating or minimizing the importance of events. One might believe their own achievements are unimportant, or that their mistakes are excessively important.
What is magnification and minimization
T/F - Psychological problems are not based, in part, on faulty or unhelpful ways of thinking.
What is false
"People are generally
good."
is an example of this
What is "Core Beliefs"
Sometimes, thoughts that are both irrational and automatic can lead us to experience this
What are negative emotions
The six basic emotions which can occur at varying levels of intensity and combinations to create the wide range of feelings we recognize.
What is love, joy, surprise, anger, sadness, and fear
When catastrophizing, people see this kind of outcome of a situation
What is the worst possible outcome
_____ is a tool in CBT where the counselor assigns a task for the client to work on in between sessions
What is homework
Unhealthy thinking patterns that can lead to the reinforcement of negative thoughts and emotions
What are Cognitive Distortions
Thinking in absolutes such as "always," "never," or "every." Ex: "I never do a good job on my work."
What is all-or-nothing thinking
The assumption that emotions reflect the way things really are. Ex: "I feel like a bad friend, therefore I must be a bad friend."
What is emotional reasoning
If someone receives all As and one B on a report card, but focuses only on the B, they are experiencing this cognitive distortion
What is disqualifying the positive
Name 1 way that CBT can be helpful for anxious thinking
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