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Thoughts Drive Emotions In CBT
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy rests on the cognitive triad: thoughts, behaviors, and emotions with thoughts driving the chain.
- Dr. Nigro emphasizes emotions are byproducts and therapy targets automatic thoughts first to change outcomes.
Therapy Is Like Changing Your Glasses
- CBT uses the glasses metaphor to show therapy changes how you perceive yourself, others, and the world.
- Dr. Nigro describes swapping an old prescription for a new one to illustrate restructuring automatic interpretations.
Schemas Are Mental File Folders
- Schemas are cognitive file folders that guide behavior in new situations by pulling preexisting patterns.
- Dr. Nigro uses the restaurant example to show we apply a familiar script even at unfamiliar places.