36 reactions | To access a client’s automatic thoughts, ask them what they were thinking when you notice a change in emotion. When clients have difficulty identifying those thoughts, ask them to talk about the sensations or emotions they are currently experiencing. Learn more: https://beckinstitute.org/get-training/ | Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy | Facebook

Watch this video from the Essentials of CBT online course to hear Dr. Judith Beck describe examples of using the "Opposite Technique" to help clients identify their own automatic thoughts. Learn more: www.beckcbtonline.org | Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy

34K views · 112 reactions | Is the glass half full or half empty? Turns out, the way that you present a situation to people can really change how they feel about it — our brains tend to fixate on the negative aspects over the positive ones. Alison Ledgerwood, a UC Davis professor of psychology, studies how people tend to get stuck in particular ways of thinking and what they can do to get unstuck.  | University of California | Facebook