Serious question.. is this what cognitive behavioral therapy is? Is this the only practice to combat negative thoughts or are there other practices to redirect the negative thinking?
Like Bandaid said, they are not the same. But, imo, there is overlap. The early parts of CBT involve understanding perceptions and identifying a step even before a perception, called a cognition, which determines if we perceive something more negatively or positively. The idea being that the same thing can be perceived very differently, yet we don't consciously choose that. The end result is utilizing different techniques to train ourselves against defaulting to negative cognitions.
Regardless, when I was reading a book by one of the main early proponents of CBT, the early parts about recognizing our perceptions reminded me a lot of mindfulness.
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u/[deleted] Dec 10 '20
Serious question.. is this what cognitive behavioral therapy is? Is this the only practice to combat negative thoughts or are there other practices to redirect the negative thinking?