Methods for Changing Cognition Chapter 9 Methods for Changing Affect Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.
Unknown Chapter 2 pointed out that affect consists of emotions and sensations and that most emotional responses involve some physical sensations. The methods for changing affect introduced in this chapter can help us manage emotions and sensations that present a problem for us or be used to improve the overall quality of our lives. It also demonstrated how interpretations based on distorted thoughts and dysfunctional beliefs can result in inappropriate negative feelings. The example below shows how the DIE Model can be applied to address the case study problem introduced in Chapter 6. Part One of the DIE Model is used to identify the thoughts and emotions involved.