ALL IN YOUR MIND:

Contrary to the psychoanalysis developed by Sigmund Freud, which emphasized the role of the subconscious and memories, cognitive therapy is concerned with the present.

Throughout his early years as a psychiatrist, Beck noticed that his patients frequently expressed negative thoughts such as "I am incapable of," which he called "automatic thoughts."

Cognitive therapy says that turning around a self-disparaging inner monologue is key to alleviating many psychological problems, often in a dozen sessions or fewer.

Beck discovered that patients who learn to recognize the faulty logic of negative automatic thoughts such as "I'll always be a failure" or "no one likes me" could learn to overcome their fears and think more rationally, diminishing anxiety and improving mood.

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