CBT Terms
A type of cognitive distortion where you assume a very negative outcome
Catastrophizing/Catastrophic thinking
An excessive focus on problems, negative life events, or symptoms of depression.
Rumination
Irrational thinking principles that are automatically applied and rarely challenged in daily life.
Rigid rules
Provide strategies for dealing with negative emotions and difficult situations in a healthy way
Coping skills
The thoughts a person has that relate to what they think about themselves and their surroundings
Internal Dialogue
A technique that consists of learning to sequentially tense and then relax various groups of muscles, all throughout the body, while at the same time paying close attention to the feelings associated with both tension and relaxation
Progresive muscle relaxation
The thoughts and assumptions we hold about ourselves, others, and the world around us
Core belief
What are S.M.A.R.T. goals?
Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Timely
When a person does not see their world accurately, causing negative emotional reactions that may not fit the situation
Distortion of reality
A belief that is not based in fact and causes distress to the person who believes it
Irrational belief
Technique used to shift your mindset so you're able to look at a situation, person, or relationship from a different perspective.
A practice where we systematically observe and record specific targets such as thoughts, body feelings, emotions, and behaviors
Self-monitoring
What is the ABC model? What does it stand for?
A tool used to recognize irrational events and beliefs.
Stands for: Activating event/situation, Consequences (feelings & behaviors), Beliefs
Negative thoughts and beliefs about one's self brought on by stressful or traumatic events
Negative self-schema
The belief that experience has an impact on the way people view and understand the world
Constructivism
A cognitive distortion where people predict that certain things are likely to happen without considering other, more likely outcomes
Fortune telling
A practical way to capture and examine thoughts, feelings, and behaviors about a situation, and your evidence for them
Thought record
Three forms of negative thinking that consists of: negative views about the world, negative views about oneself, and negative views about the future
Cognitive triad
Applying beliefs that stem from one event to other events that have no relation, making it seem as though one event is the cause of everything else wrong in a person's life
Overgeneralization
A strategy where people are encouraged to do things despite a fear of feeling foolish or embarrassed. The aim of these exercises is to teach people hey can function effectively even if they might be perceived as doing foolish acts
Shame attacking
Thoughts that are instantaneous, habitual, and non-conscious.
Automatic thoughts
When a person is gradually shown a feared situation or object, in order to learn to become less sensitive over time
Exposure therapy
Forming a conclusion based off a single detail of an event
Selective abstraction
A management approach that places importance on what we experience in the mind and body as well as the connection between the two
Somatic management
A form of intense mental practice for learning new emotional and physical habits that people imagine themselves thinking, feeling, and behaving in exactly the way they would like to in everyday situations
Rational-emotive imagery