In previous posts, I’ve written about the cognitive side of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). The main technique involves identifying negative automatic thoughts and reframing those thoughts into ...

This is because emotions are extremely strong in some people and can overrule any rational thoughts and reasoning. If a ...

How clearly do you think you see the world? Well, I have scary news. We don’t see things as they are. We don’t even see. We perceive. Your eyes, ears, and senses receive information from the outside ...

Dear David: My therapist recently told me that I had a problem with cognitive distortions. She explained to me what they were and said a lot of people have them. I thought I understood what she was ...

Individuals with depression are prone to maladaptive patterns of thinking, known as cognitive distortions, whereby they think about themselves, the world, and the future in overly negative and ...

Ever notice that some people get more things done than others? For years, the most popular explanation came from Steve Covey’s The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. Covey argued that personal ...

Downward Arrow The individual is helped to uncover underlying assumptions in logic and sequence through careful questioning by the therapist, who asks, "If this is true, then what happens?" ...

In our last three articles we’ve discussed how anger can harm us, humor protects us, and how to develop personal disciplines to bridge divisions in our increasingly divided and often hostile world. A ...