Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)

• Aim:

  • Challenge the irrational thoughts and replace them with more realistic appraisals.
• 1. Identifying irrational thoughts
  2. Challenging irrational thoughts: (𝓁𝑜𝑔𝒾𝒸𝒶𝓁 𝒹𝒾𝓈𝓅𝓊𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 - negative thought logically follows, 𝐸𝓂𝓅𝒾𝓇𝒾𝒸𝒶𝓁 𝒹𝒾𝓈𝓅𝓊𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 - belief is accurate, 𝒫𝓇𝒶𝑔𝓂𝒶𝓉𝒾𝒸 𝒹𝒾𝓈𝓅𝓊𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 - lack of usefulness).
  3. Behavioural activation
  4. Homework