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Challenging Negative Thoughts

Challenging Negative Thoughts

Challenge the source, not the thought

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Jul 25, 2022
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THE COMMON APPROACH

Cognitive therapy approaches are still the most popular. Therefore, revisiting a common approach to thought-stopping and reframing is important. When we challenge counterproductive thinking, what is it that we really want to be challenging? Cognitive therapy was originally conceived as a way to address depression and can be argued …

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