Cognitive Distortions
The belief that thoughts, actions, or emotions influence unrelated situations. "If I hadn't hoped something bad would happen to him, he wouldn't have gotten into an accident."
Magical Thinking
The belief that things should be a certain way. “I should always be perfect.”
Should statements
Fundamental, absolutist and generalized beliefs that we hold about ourselves, other people, the world and the future.
Negative Core Beliefs
What does CBT stand for?
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
What is one thing you have learned in group this week?
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Exaggerating the importance of events. You might believe your own achievements are excessively important
Magnification
Minimizing the importance of events. You might believe your own achievements are unimportant.
Minimization
Rules that we implement in our daily life that are automatically applied and rarely challenged in daily life. They are often expressed as “musts” and “shoulds” and usually based on inflexible expectations or demands.
Rigid Rules
A technique used to identify automatic thoughts and replace them with more balanced thoughts.
Reframing
What does PHP stand for?
Thinking in absolutes such as “always,” “never,” or “every.” “I never do a good enough job on anything.”
All-or-nothing thinking
Making broad interpretations from a single or few events. “I felt awkward during my job interview. I am always so awkward.”
Overgeneralization
Fleeting involuntary thoughts that can be explicit or at the very edge of our conscious awareness. They form an internal monologue that can negatively influence how we automatically interpret situations, react and feel.
Negative Automatic Thoughts
Repetitive thinking or dwelling on negative feelings and distress and their causes and consequences
Rumination
What does IOP stand for?
Intensive Outpatient Program
Recognizing only the negative aspects of a situation while ignoring the positive. You might receive many compliments on an evaluation, but focus on the single piece of negative feedback.
Disqualifying the positives
The assumption that emotions reflect the way things really are. “I feel like a bad friend, therefore I must be a bad friend.”
Emotional Reasoning
These are not necessarily cognitions, but are the actions or behaviors we take as a result of them. These behaviors may include procrastinating, over preparing, people-pleasing, or avoiding.
Compensatory Strategies
What does the acronym S.M.A.R.T. goals stand for?
Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-Bound.
How many therapists are at discovery? What are their names?
6 - Abby, Akira, Caitlin, Jessica, Lisa, Tracee
The belief that you are responsible for events outside of your control. “My mom is always upset. She would be fine if I did more to help her.”
Personalization
Interpreting the thoughts and beliefs of others without adequate evidence. “She wouldn’t go on a date with me. She probably thinks I’m ugly.”
Mind reading
Deeply rooted, dysfunctional and engrained thinking reflexes. They operate like knee-jerk reactions and are often expressed as conditional “if then” statements.
Conditional Assumptions
When you systematically observe and record your own thoughts, emotions, body feelings, and behaviors.
Self-monitoring
How many techs are there are Discovery? What are their names?
Candace, Hannah, Kelsey, Monica, Nicole