{"id":44438,"date":"2021-07-29T12:15:10","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T16:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=44438"},"modified":"2021-08-05T12:16:28","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T16:16:28","slug":"cognitive-behavior-therapy-basics-and-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/cognitive-behavior-therapy-basics-and-beyond\/","title":{"rendered":"Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Basics &#038; Beyond Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What can you learn from reading<em> Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Basics and Beyond<\/em>? What are the key takeaways from the book?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In <em>Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Basics and Beyond<\/em>, psychologist Judith Beck outlines the key elements of cognitive behavioral therapy. From this book, you can learn the basics of CBT, how to get distance from stressful thoughts, how to deal with traumatic events, and much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep reading for an overview of<em> Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Basics and Beyond <\/em>by Judith Beck.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>&nbsp;<\/em><em>Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Basics and Beyond<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you ever find yourself in stressful situations, rationally knowing you shouldn\u2019t be stressed? Have you stopped wishing you\u2019d think self-defeating thoughts, mustering more courage to do the things you\u2019ve wanted to do? You might find the idea from <em>Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Basics and Beyond <\/em>to be useful.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a standard first line of treatment for improving mental health disorders such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/low-mood-and-anxiety\/\">depression and anxiety<\/a>. CBT has been found to be as effective as medication in treating many mental disorders. This overview of Judith Beck\u2019s <em>Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Basics and Beyond<\/em> covers the principles of mental disorders and treatment, as well as tactics that are broadly applicable to your daily life, helping you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-overcome-overthinking-and-anxiety\/\">overcome anxiety<\/a>, sadness, anger, frustration, and stress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While <em>Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Basics and Beyond <\/em>is a text to train psychiatry practitioners, many of the techniques can be applicable to daily life. Even if you aren\u2019t formally diagnosed with a mental health disorder, <strong>you likely face situations that evoke more negative emotions than you\u2019d like<\/strong>\u2014nervousness talking to your boss, road rage, anxiety in social situations, stress that you won\u2019t get everything done, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-overcome-fear-of-failure\/\">fear of failure<\/a> in trying something new.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This summary of<em> Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Basics and Beyond<\/em> focuses on the key CBT interventions to change your dysfunctional <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/negative-automatic-thoughts\/\">automatic thoughts<\/a> and behaviors. These are generally applicable for all readers, not just those aiming to practice CBT for patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you feel dysphoria (negative emotion), think the cardinal question: \u201cWhat was just going through my head?\u201d Articulate the thought explicitly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>e.g. \u201cI\u2019m afraid that people will think my project proposal is stupid.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Evaluate the thought with these questions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What is the evidence that your thought is true? What is the evidence on the other side?<\/li><li>What is an alternative way of viewing this situation? What else could explain the person\u2019s behavior\/the outcome?<\/li><li>Outcome analysis<ul><li>What\u2019s the worst that could happen? How would you cope with this situation?&nbsp;<\/li><li>What\u2019s the best that could happen?&nbsp;<\/li><li>What\u2019s the <em>most realistic <\/em>outcome of this situation? (especially if you tend to catastrophize)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>What is the effect of believing your negative automatic thought? What could be the effect of changing your thinking to be more positive?<\/li><li><strong>If your friend were in this situation and had the same automatic thought<\/strong>, what advice would you give him or her?<\/li><li>What should you do going forward? How likely are you to do this?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Patterns of cognitive distortions: These put a label to common ways that people distort reality in self-defeating ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Catastrophizing\u2014imagining the worst possible thing that could happen<\/li><li>Selective bias\/tunnel vision\/discounting the positive \u2014focusing and emphasizing negative evidence for, ignoring or de-emphasizing positive evidence against<\/li><li>All-or-nothing\u2014either you get an A or you\u2019re a total failure<\/li><li>Mind reading\u2014assuming negative intent or belief of other people, without considering other possibilities<\/li><li>Emotional reasoning\u2014because you feel it so strongly, it must be true<ul><li>I feel like a failure all the time, so it must be true<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Exaggeration, or overgeneralization<\/li><li>Should and must statements\u2014a precise fixed idea of how people should behave. Overestimate how bad it is if these expectations are failed<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Conduct <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/behaviorism-experiments\/\">behavioral experiments<\/a> <\/strong>to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-push-yourself\/\">push yourself<\/a> to do what is uncomfortable. This will give you new data, to find a mismatch between your prediction and reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Realize that you can fall into a negative vicious cycle without intervention:<ul><li>Stressful situation arises<ul><li>Work asks you to work on a promising new project, but it risks failure. You get anxious.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Automatic thoughts arise that cause a maladaptive, self-defeating reaction<ul><li>\u201cI can\u2019t succeed in this. If I fail, people will know and I\u2019ll be ashamed.\u201d<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>A negative outcome results, further strengthening patient\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/negative-core-beliefs\/\">negative core beliefs<\/a> and aggravating the automatic thoughts<ul><li>You don\u2019t volunteer for the project. \u201cI knew I wasn\u2019t capable of signing up for this.\u201d<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Patient also withdraws from situations that might lead to positive data<ul><li>You prevent yourself from volunteering for any future new projects, because the thought of doing so causes you too much anxiety.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Small bits of positive data will counteract the vicious cycle. When done repeatedly, it can build its own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/virtuous-cycle-john-malone\/\">virtuous cycle<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>To uncover your deeper beliefs, keep asking yourself questions about the situation or the automatic thought. \u201cWhat does it mean to me if X happens? What does it mean <em>about <\/em>me?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Articulate your rules, assumptions, and attitudes.<\/li><li>Attitude: \u201cIt\u2019s terrible to fail.\u201d<\/li><li>Rule: \u201cIf a challenge seems too great, don\u2019t even try it.\u201d<\/li><li>Assumption: \u201cIf I try to do something difficult, I\u2019ll fail. If I avoid doing it, I\u2019ll be OK.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Generally, dysfunctional core beliefs fall into three categories:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Helplessness: \u201cI want to achieve more, but I\u2019m not capable of it.\u201d<\/li><li>Unlovableness: \u201cI\u2019m not worthy of being loved by others. I\u2019m undesirable.\u201d<\/li><li>Worthlessness: \u201cI\u2019m bad. I\u2019m fundamentally not worthy of good things.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For beliefs, consider the following interventions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Phrase the rule\/belief as an assumption<\/strong>\u2014this makes it easier to spot the logical fallacy.<\/li><li>\u201cIf I ask for help, I\u2019ll be seen as weak.\u201d vs \u201cDon\u2019t ask for help.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Present more functional beliefs, that are more qualified versions of the old belief<ul><li>\u201cIf I don\u2019t get an A, I\u2019m a failure.\u201d -&gt; \u201cIf I don\u2019t get an A, I\u2019m just human, and I still tried hard. It\u2019s better than 0%.\u201d<\/li><li>\u201cI can\u2019t do anything right.\u201d -&gt; \u201cI can do most things right, and there\u2019s a good reason for when I get something wrong.\u201d NOT \u201cI can do everything right.\u201d<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Behavior experiment<ul><li><strong>Act \u201cas if\u201d the belief weren\u2019t true<\/strong>.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/act-as-if\/\">Act as if<\/a> you assume the positive outcome will be true.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Imagine counseling someone else with the same issue, or pretend your child has the same belief.<\/li><li>Look back on major periods of patient\u2019s life to find evidence that supports and contradicts the core belief<\/li><li>Role playing an early traumatic experience. Play an older version of yourself, counseling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/your-inner-child\/\">your younger self<\/a> on why the situation should be interpreted more optimistically.<\/li><li>Make a list of advantages and disadvantages of each option. Score each entry to help make the ultimate decision.<\/li><li>Continue imagining beyond the near future\u2014weeks, months, years after whatever is causing dysphoria. Likely will find (inferring from past experience) that things will resolve satisfactorily.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Principles of Mental Disorders<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>cognitive model<\/strong> proposes that <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/dysfunctional-thoughts\/\">dysfunctional thinking<\/a> is common to all psychological disturbances<\/strong>. In this way, mental illnesses such as depression and anxiety may be considered <strong>thinking disorders<\/strong>. The patient has automatic dysfunctional self-talk that influences behavior negatively; the behavior is then interpreted in a negatively biased way, leading to worse thinking. This reinforces itself into a vicious cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Example: A patient wants to try something new. She thinks, \u201cyou\u2019re definitely going to fail, you\u2019re not good at anything.\u201d \u2192 Anxious about failing, the patient declines to try the new activity. \u2192 She then thinks, \u201cI told you, you can\u2019t get anything right\u2014you\u2019re worthless.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The negative thinking extends to the <strong><em>core <\/em><\/strong><strong>of a patient\u2019s beliefs<\/strong> about herself, the world, and other people, as well as <strong>intermediate levels of <\/strong><strong><em>attitudes, rules, and assumptions<\/em><\/strong> the patient holds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s not just the situation itself that makes a person feel a certain way, but also how they construe it, what lens they use to view it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Cyclical downfalls can be triggered by <strong>precipitating factors<\/strong>, such as a sudden provocation in stress.<\/li><li>The patient may have had key <strong>developmental events<\/strong> earlier in life that predispose her to the condition.<\/li><li>The patient may have developed <strong>coping mechanisms <\/strong>(adaptive and maladaptive) for the dysfunctional beliefs.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/core-message\/\">key point<\/a> of cognitive behavior therapy is that <strong>these dysfunctional beliefs can be unlearned<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What can you learn from reading Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Basics and Beyond? 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