John Roberts - CBT: A Practical Guide on How to Rewire the Thought Process with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Flush Out Negative Thoughts, Depression, and Anxiety Without Resorting to Harmful Meds

CBT

A Practical Guide on How to Rewire the Thought Process with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Flush Out Negative Thoughts, Depression, and Anxiety Without Resorting to Harmful Meds

Introduction

T his book contains proven steps and strategies on how to correctly apply the principles of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in your life. Despite being a specialized approach that takes experienced individuals to administer, CBT can still be practiced on your own.

Interestingly, one of the main goals of CBT is to enable patients to become practitioners themselves. Over the long course, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy aims to train patients to diagnose, treat, and condition themselves to overcome the symptoms of their stress and depression.

Here, you will discover how CBT works and how to use it in your own personal setting. You will be covering a few techniques that many therapists and patients use to zero in on their psychological problems and how to get through them.

Please read this book from start to finish, as it is designed to introduce you to the method and walk you through the various techniques that embody the approach. Without working knowledge of the underlying principles at work, your results become hard to predict and achieve.

Another thing to note about the techniques here is that they are meant to be learned and mastered after a set time. The ultimate goal of CBT is to inspire complete independence from medication and therapy, turning the patient into an expert on themselves.

When achieved, you will no longer need this manual and its contents to deal with your anxiety and depression should you experience resurgence and relapses of your symptoms. On top of that, you will also be able to stand as a guide for those who are also seeking comfort and treatment.

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Chapter 1 CBT Simplified

I f youre suffering from depression or know someone who is, theres a large chance youve already heard of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). It goes along the line of many advanced therapy methods that are aimed to reduce symptoms and improve the quality of life.

This approach has been around for quite some time, even before the industrial era. It has gone through eras of changes in medical and technological developments. Surprisingly, its still one of the most widely-used methods to deal with many psychological disorders. That fact alone should attest to how effective it is.

In a nutshell, CBT focuses on empowering your mind to notice erroneous thought patterns which cause negative emotions. In turn, these emotions lead to negative behavior, empowering the cycle of depression and anxiety.

BASIC MODEL

Every activity and method under CBT revolves around the notion that our thoughts, emotions and behaviors share a very special bond. This bond becomes very powerful for someone suffering from depression.

When someone starts harboring negative thoughts about themselves and the way they perceive the world, it tends to bring about certain emotions. Take, for instance, a depressed person.

These people are predisposed to think that theyre not worth a lot of attention. Their thoughts revolve around the notion that they are people of very little value and whatever bad things happen to them, they probably deserve it.

Living under this false pretense, people will tend to harbor intense sadness and helplessness about their disposition in life. If you think that youre not worth the trouble, why still live?

This intense grief and sadness can push someone over the brink. This is why depression is one of the leading causes of suicide all around the world. That is one of the reasons why CBT saves thousands of lives almost everyday.

THOUGHTS -> EMOTIONS -> BEHAVIOR

This is why the method is called Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. It deals with fixing the way you think to change the way you feel. When youve changed the way you feel, your behavior changes as well.

Put this model in reverse and the logic is still sound. You wouldnt think less of yourself if youre full of positive thoughts. If your state of mind is calm and clear, youll have very little reason to fuel negative emotions.

But CBT isnt just about thinking happy thoughts. If things were that simple, there wouldnt be a need for therapists and experts. CBT takes a more practical and objective approach to depression and anxiety as you will learn in the following chapters.

AUTOMATIC THOUGHTS

Interestingly, even if just thinking happy thoughts was enough, it still isnt easy dealing with depression and anxiety. This isnt because thinking is difficult, but rather, its become very easy for us.

According to experts, we humans practice something known as automatic thoughts. These can be thought of as similar to involuntary reflexes that our bodies make when we encounter certain stimuli.