Core Beliefs
People are / are not born with their core beliefs.
People are not born with core beliefs --- they are learned.
What is the only bird that can fly backwards
Hummingbird
Sometimes call "black and white thinking". Someone with this thinking style might say, "If I'm not perfect I have failed" or "Either I do it right or not at all".
What thinking style am I?
All or Nothing Thinking
What is inter-connected and impacts each other?
Thoughts, feelings, behaviors
What's the primary way to promote healthy thinking?
Challenge and change irrational thoughts.
Core beliefs usually develop during ___________ , or during traumatic periods of life.
childhood
What lives under the sea and does not have a brain
Starfish
Blaming yourself or taking responsibility for something that wasn't completely your fault. Blaming others for something that was your fault. Someone with this thinking style might say, "This is my fault".
What thinking style am I?
Personalization
What does "CBT" stand for?
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Ways to promote helpful thinking...The opposite of irrational thoughts.
Rational thoughts
Unhelpful or negative thinking is based on ...
Negative core beliefs
Which gender mosquito bites (male or female)
Female
Seeing a pattern based upon a single event, or being overly broad in the conclusions we draw. someone with this thinking pattern might say, "Everything always happens to me" or "Nothing good ever happens".
What thinking style am I?
Over-generalizing
What shape symbolizes CBT?
Triangle
Ways to promote helpful thinking...
How do you keep the "evil wolf" from "winning"?
Feed the "good wolf".
Core beliefs tend to be rigid and long-standing. However, they can be __________ .
changed
What color is polar bear skin
Black
Blowing things out of proportion (catastrophizing) or inappropriately shrinking something to make it seem less important (minimization).
What thinking style am I?
Magnification
What mental health diagnoses is CBT most commonly used?
Anxiety and Depression
Ways to promote helpful thinking...
How should you treat emotions?
Emotions are not good or bad --- they just are.
Negative core beliefs are not necessarily ______, even if they feel _______ .
True/true
What is the only mammal capable of flying
Bat
2+2=5, There are two key types of this style, mind reading (imagining we know what others are thinking) and fortune telling (predicting the future).
What thinking style am I?
Jumping to conclusions
What professionals use CBT?
Therapists, counselors, primary care doctors, teachers, etc
Ways to promote helpful thinking...
Its a kind of thought.
Alternate/rational thought.