bluestarman
Well-known member
Well, not quite a Basso in your head unless you use erotic imagery in your treatment.
CBT has a lot more cognitive distortions identified that the one I used in my example of catastrophizing above. The Burns book goes for about 10 bucks at half.com, and is a good investment if you'd like to understand CBT before paying for a therapist. I also found it made me a whole lot less judgemental of people, as I began to recognize all the comfortable cognitive filters I had on my perceptions of people and their motives.
I will say again, it takes a lot of work for CBT to work for you, but then again, so did learning to ride a bike.
-Dave
CBT has a lot more cognitive distortions identified that the one I used in my example of catastrophizing above. The Burns book goes for about 10 bucks at half.com, and is a good investment if you'd like to understand CBT before paying for a therapist. I also found it made me a whole lot less judgemental of people, as I began to recognize all the comfortable cognitive filters I had on my perceptions of people and their motives.
I will say again, it takes a lot of work for CBT to work for you, but then again, so did learning to ride a bike.
-Dave