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Posted on July 10, 2019July 10, 2019

How to Challenge Maladaptive Assumptions in CBT

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Maladaptive Assumptions in CBT

In one of our previous posts, we examined Maladaptive Assumptions in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Techniques for Identifying Them. In this post, we share CBT techniques for challenging maladaptive assumptions.

As you might recall, … Read More

Posted on May 11, 2019July 12, 2019

Maladaptive Assumptions in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and How to Identify Them

Maladaptive Assumptions in CBT

Maladaptive assumptions (also called underlying assumptions, intermediate beliefs, dysfunctional beliefs) in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, are, as the names suggest, maladaptive/dysfunctional beliefs underlying automatic thoughts.

They are simply the rules behind our automatic thoughts.

As you … Read More

Posted on April 28, 2019May 21, 2019

What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)? – What Makes CBT Different?

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As in all forms of cognitive behavioral therapies, CBT assume that psychological problems might be caused in part by our maladaptive/unhelpful/irrational ways of thinking, or behaviors.

In CBT, symptoms are not seen as the signs of “deeper issues” since any … Read More

Posted on April 28, 2019April 28, 2019

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): A Short Historical Overview

Until mid-60s, behaviorism was the dominant approach in both the understanding and the treatment of psychopathologies.

Then, however, behavior therapists came to accept that taking classical or operant conditioning as the sole explanation of the development of psychopathologies and working … Read More

Posted on April 28, 2019May 21, 2019

Is Self-CBT Possible? Can We Use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Techniques for Helping the Self?

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It is inarguably true that CBT is a very structured form of therapy, and, thus, it must be applied only by professionals who have been trained for it. Especially in clinical conditions, indeed, a professional help is indispensable.

However, still, … Read More

Posted on April 16, 2019June 8, 2020

“I wish I could stop thinking…”

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In one of our previous posts, “Can We Control Our Thoughts?”, we examined if it is possible to stop or control our thoughts. Here, I give an example of how to challenge an automatic thought about controlling our thinking.… Read More

Posted on April 16, 2019June 8, 2020

Can We Control Our Thoughts?

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 “…There has been a machine installed in my head, and this machine has been continuously lining up thoughts, impressions, without a break. If I only had the control of this machine, if I only thought of the things I wanted,

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Posted on March 31, 2019April 1, 2019

Storytelling Brain: The Left-Brain Interpreter

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Decades of research have shown that there is an area in the left-hemisphere of our brains that constantly makes up stories about anything and everything! The pioneer of the research, neuroscientist Michael Gazzaniga and his colleagues call it “the … Read More

Posted on October 23, 2018October 23, 2018

Self-Generated Thought in the Brain and Cognitive Psychotherapies

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Self-Generated Thought and the Wandering Mind

How to start? How to start… Maybe I should have prepared an outline first. Oh, this is too complicated to simplify. No, it’s not. It’ll be easier after I started. But, how to start? … Read More

Posted on October 15, 2018June 8, 2020

Quiting Smoking: A Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Session

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John asked for our help for quiting smoking, and it has been a few sessions that we have been working together with him on this issue. In this session, we try to understand his need and desire to smoke when … Read More

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