Archive for category: Cognitive Behavior Therapy

Have you ever noticed your mind telling you something that, deep down, you know isn’t quite true? Maybe one small mistake convinces you the whole day is ruined, or a single unanswered text leaves you certain a friend is upset with you. These mental shortcuts are known as cognitive distortions; in fact, these are often exactly what Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is aiming to address.

Put simply, cognitive distortions are habitual, automatic thinking patterns that twist how we see ourselves, others, and the world. They feel completely believable in the moment, but they often drive anxiety and low mood. The good news is that once you learn to spot them, you can begin to challenge them and change them. Here are five of the most common ones.

It is easy to slip into a cycle of unhelpful and negative thoughts or familiar mental habits that weigh you down. However, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) offers a straightforward, hands-on way to break these patterns. In this article, we will explore what CBT is, how it works, and why it could be a good option for you or someone close to you.

While we may understand ourselves as existing as singular individuals, it often feels like our wants and needs are pitted against one another, as if there are in fact many individuals running the show behind the scenes. Maybe you are determined to be healthy and productive, but every night is a battle not to have dessert while binging Netflix. We somehow have varied and conflicting interests in our seemingly unified effort to achieve satisfaction and happiness. The truth is, we aren’t as holistic as we perceive ourselves. Taking a deeper look at our mind, we can understand it as divided in four distinct ways: Mind vs Body, Left vs Right, New vs Old, and Controlled vs Automatic. In this blog series, we will cover these four levels of division to explain our relentless experience of internal conflict and all its different manifestations of weakness and temptation. Let’s take a look at the first two: