Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Understanding Cognitive Distortions: Dr. Dawn Elise Snipes
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Date: 2017-05-26

Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Qualified Clinical Supervisor.  She received her PhD in Mental Health Counseling from the University of Florida in 2002.  In addition to being a practicing clinician, she has provided training to counselors, social workers, nurses and case managers internationally since 2006 through AllCEUs.com Explore cognitive behavioral therapy strategies for addressing cognitive distortions.
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~    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~    Using outdated, dichotomous schemas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