Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Understanding Cognitive Distortions: Dr. Dawn Elise Snipes

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Video by Dr. Dawn Elise Snipes on integrative behavioral health approaches including counseling techniques and skills for improving mental health and reducing mental illness.

~ Define Thinking Errors
~ Explore the different types of thinking errors
~ Cognitive distortions
~ Irrational Thoughts
~ Evaluate how thinking errors can play into our basic fears: Rejection, isolation, the unknown, loss of control, failure
~ Identify ways to
~ Increase awareness of thinking errors
~ Address thinking errors
~ Address basic fears

Why I Care/How It Impacts Recovery
~ Thinking errors, or stinkin’ thinkin’ plays a large part in keeping people miserable
~ Addiction, depression, anxiety, anger and guilt often stem or are made worse by faulty thinking
~ Addressing these thought patterns will help clients:
~ Not make a mountain out of a molehill
~ Focus on the things they can change
~ Identify and eliminate thought patterns that are keeping them stuck
What are Thinking Errors
~ Cognitive Distortions take a thought and manipulate it to
~ Fulfil people’s expectations of a situation
~ Conform to their current head space (negative sees negative)
~ Irrational Thoughts are beliefs/thoughts that you may hold that
~ Are usually extreme (I must have love and approval from everyone all the time)
~ Are unrealistic
~ Create feelings of failure, inadequacy, disempowerment

Causes of Thinking Errors
~ Information-processing shortcuts
~ Using outdated, dichotomous schemas
~ Mental noise
~ The brain's limited information processing capacity
~ Age
~ Crisis
Causes of Thinking Errors
~ Emotional causes
~ I feel bad, therefore it must be bad
~ Moral causes
~ It was the right thing to do
~ Social causes
~ Everyone is doing it
Impact of Thinking Errors (Fight or Flee)
~ Emotional upset
~ Depression
~ Anxiety
~ Behavioral
~ Withdrawal
~ Addictions
~ Sleep problems/changes
~ Eating changes

~ Physical
~ Stress-related illnesses
~ Headaches
~ GI Distress
~ Social
~ Irritability/impatience
~ Withdrawal

Summary
~ Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is a technique that helps people:
~ Understand how thoughts create feelings and vice versa
~ Identify and address negative self talk
~ Issues and events from the past do not need to continue to negatively impact a person
~ Thinking errors are learned and can be unlearned
~ These thought patterns help to form and maintain a negative or vulnerable self image.
~ Healthy thought patterns can help people feel more empowered and worthy of love.

TIMESTAMPS
00:00 How cognitive distortions impact recovery and mood
04:25 What are cognitive distortions or thinking errors?
08:40 What causes cognitive distortions
15:35 Impact of cognitive distortions -- fight or flee
17:40 How to change cognitive distortions
39:45 Challenging questions
44:55 ABCs of cognitive behavioral therapy
47:30 Constructive self talk

[DocSnipes]

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[myvt]

I am a 49 year adult that has an ADD brain (found out at age 45). This video has helped me comprehend more of my shortcomings from having this style of brain...thank you. I will watch this at least five more times to help change my negative thinking patterns.

[ranhilioaquino]

This is wonderful. I suffer from a general anxiety disorder and from panic attacks, but I have also been diagnosed with depression and having these posts to listen to has been helpful. I am grateful, Dr. Snipes.

[helentee]

One of the most important things l've learnt over the years, is that most of the way people behave towards me isn't personal.
If someone is rude to me, it's not because they dislike me/are unhappy with me but because the are unhappy with other things in life. They slept badly, got up late, missed breakfast, car wouldn't start, it's raining, they need a holiday.
This is definitely something young people don't yet understand, but should be taught

[shyaaammeneen]

Great video. We have to be careful what we feed our mind. To feel better reduce negative thoughts and overthinking. Avoid comparing with others, reduce negative social media and avoid constipation as it affects the mind instantly. Your breathing is closely related to the brain [mind] and gives relief from stress-anxiety. To relax sit on a chair or lie down, neck straight, eyes closed, avoid moving too much and observe the sensations of your incoming--outgoing breath at the entrance of the nostrils for 5-10-15 minutes or more. Never meditate with expectations but with awareness. Don’t fight your thoughts. With daily practice the mind will relax. No deep breathing needed. Observe your breath sensations before sleep, in college, in the kitchen, at work, taking a walk, when reading, etc.etc. Like me, make this a lifetime daily habit to have a better life. Best wishes--Counsellor.

[forensicbadassprofiling]

This was an excellent presentation Dr S.
So many of us brought up in neglectful and abusive households married into identical situations w husbands and their families.
I can certainly vouch that I adopted this distorted thinking.
That catastrophic thinking when something negative happens.
When I'm finally able to stop and realize the self-awareness, I realize oh my god, this is my mother's thinking.
Or this is my ex-husband's thinking. This isn't even my own thoughts.
I then try to rearrange the thoughts, and continue forward on my healing journey.
It's incredible how much of society has been so damaged and indoctrinated by parents and partners that have absolutely no relationship competency, let alone effective communication or conflict resolution.
Thank you again for another excellent presentation.
I learn so much through your education.

[anthonyrossmaund]

This was awesome, thanks for giving these lessons. I am learning to use new coping skills all the time not the I have become sober. I only have 5 month clean and these are helpful.

[thetwiztedsnowman]

I make a mess out of personal relationships most of the time and don’t really know why. Found this most helpful.

[lizgichora]

I can relate with Egocentrism : ' My perspective is the only perspective.' This challenges most families, especially where there is a favorite child in the family. Thank you for an elaborative video on personalities and behavior.

[trumancollie]

Thank you for this wonderful information. This lecture can be a great tool for many including me. Yes, one can get fired for no reason. In California, there is something called At Will employment. One can be fired with absolutely no warnings at all. If one's boss is having a bad day, doesn't like an employee or is intimidated by that employee's incredibly good work ethic or work quality, the boss can fire them. No notice, processes or warnings are required. This happened to me.

[mirelladlima]

That is so true. Very often we do not get the appropriate positive affirmation or positive stroke that we needed at that moment in time. I would like to say for example "Congratulations Elise, now your Dr. Elise that's a major accomplishment for you. I am so proud and happy for your achievement"🤗🙏

[carolbell]

Congratulations on obtaining your degree, that is a huge accomplishment!! Thank you for this very good and helpful educational video.

[oilselevated]

I enjoy all of your videos, very informative, I think you’re a wonderful presenter

[jms]

Learning about cognitive distortions a few years back helped me change the way I approached my work as a critical care nurse.... Prior to this work I was a hospice nurse and fallacy of fairness was exposed in me daily. Its shocking how covert it can be. I think cognitive distortions is a good launching point for learning how to understand that we dont have to believe everything our minds say. I think that is another cognitive distortion people have is that they believe or trust every initial inclination their mind tells them about themselves and others. If you can get people to question that reality can break through....oh just saw its named lol....mindreading

[lisapezoldt]

Thank you for your information and thoughts and tenderness towards these topics...
I'm still healing and learning.. Thank you so much♥️

[lauraw.]

You mention fight or flight, maybe freeze. Fawning is also something I realized I was doing. Didn’t realize it had a name, and spent a lot of time berating myself for it after noting the behavior. Also noticed fawning could precede freeze, fight, or flight (or sometimes in sequence - as the emotional attacks continued). Working hard on learning from mistakes rather than criticizing self. ☺️

[bonniey]

Only watched about 25% of this video so far, and it's been so very helpful. I am very grateful for your videos and will be so grateful to see more of them. Thank you for putting so much time and attention and devotion into these videos, you are an angel. I am a survivor of an old, severe TBI, and I'm still waiting and wondering why, my primary medical care person continues to try to avoid acknowledging it, much less looking into it.... 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏😭

[huffysheraton]

Doc Snipes, thanks so much for everything you do. Your videos are really helping me and I bet lots of other folks as well.

[edwardsafo]

Thanks for the well articulated presentation. Cognitive distortions are important to mental distress, however in CBT we do not work with them in an appropriate way. Identifying thinking styles and applying them to thoughts is unhelpful. This can turn out to be more of a coping strategy. With the General Meta Formulation, we look at the beliefs behind thinking styles or the positive beliefs about thinking styles, for example beliefs about mind reading; beliefs behind catastrophic thinking; beliefs about should statements.

Belief about mind reading: “if I think about what they are thinking, I will be able to find out if they think I am a loser”.

[n.d]

Very useful knowledge. Thank you for your hard work. Thank you for educating us