Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: A Beginner’s Guide | Ashley Mason, Ph.D.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: A Beginner’s Guide | Ashley Mason, Ph.D.

what what constitutes cognitive behavioral therapy my favorite way to think about this is in a triangle we have thoughts we have feelings and we have behaviors so let’s say we have a patient with type 2 diabetes who has the thought I’m never going to be able to get my blood sugar under control when a person has those thoughts how do they feel crummy feel bad about themselves when people feel bad about themselves what do they do eat some chocolate cake eat some chocolate cake what does that do that reinforces the thought I’m never going to be able to do this right so we’ve got this pattern of thoughts feelings behavior on repeat right and cognitive behavioral therapies will choose where to intervene on a process in that triangle someone saying “Oh you know I’m really depressed now but when I feel better I’m going to take my grandkids to the movies i’m going to take them to the zoo i’m going to do all these things.” So as a therapist what I might do is I’d have the patient write all of this this huge long list of stuff they’re going to do when they feel better and then you know what I’m going to do i’m going to get out their calendar with them and I’m going to say “All right I don’t care how you feel we’re scheduling all of these things.” So we’re intervening on that behavior to thoughts line right and then the kids are going to have a great time and the patient’s going to come back and say “Oh you know what i’m a pretty kick-ass grandma kids had a great time like this was this was pretty great.” So we’re intervening on the behavior to change the thoughts about the

This clip is from episode #344 – AMA #70: Nicotine: impact on cognitive function, performance, and mood, health risks, delivery modalities, and smoking cessation strategies

In this clip, they discuss:

– What Is CBT? – A simple definition of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and how it works
– The Core of CBT – How changing thoughts and behaviors can impact emotions and daily life.
– CBT in Practice – Real-world examples of identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and replacing them with more adaptive ones
– CBT Tools & Techniques – The practical exercises used to restructure thinking and improve behavior
-Foundation for CBT-I – How understanding general CBT principles sets the stage for treating insomnia with CBT-I

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