The starting point for this (non-academic) exploratory post is the work done by Philip Barnard and John Teasdale on “interacting cognitive subsystems”. They put forward a model of the mental architectural substrates needed to account for the ways in which cognitive and emotional processes interact with each other, particularly in the maintenance of clinical depressive… Read More The Cat Sat on the Mat
Grand Tour of Thinking Errors: We have spent the past few weeks travelling through the wonderful landscapes of thinking errors in cognitive-behavioral therapy – also known as cognitive distortions or biases in information processing. Different writers and therapists identify them in different ways. As CBT has developed over the years, so new interpretations and nuances… Read More Filosofy on Friday – Overview of thinking errors
Selective Abstraction: I have come to collect you for the final stage of our journey through the wonderland that is biased information processing (also known within cognitive-behavioral therapy as thinking errors). Of course, my praise for this fascinating territory is not biased. I must apologise for turning up late this morning. Unfortunately our coach driver… Read More Filosofy on Friday -Selective abstraction
Emotional Reasoning: We have reached the penultimate stage of our mystery tour of thinking errors in cognitive-behavioral therapy. Today we travel from the Minimalist Hotel where I dropped you off last week to the evocative Heartbreak Hotel, exploring on the way the undulating hills of Emotional Reasoning, from where you can get magnificent views of… Read More Filosofy on Friday – Emotional reasoning
Minimisation/Magnification: Today our mystery tour through the mysteries of cognitive distortions (also known as thinking errors and biased information processing within the terminology of cognitive-behavioral therapy) brings us to minimisation/magnification. I hope you enjoyed your week’s stay in the Hotel of Global Judgements – I hear the food was awful, so sorry about that (hey,… Read More Filosofy on Friday – Magnification and minimisation
Global Judgements: We are sliding downhill to Christmas with our journey through the landscape of thinking errors and cognitive distortions that often underlie our unhelpful emotional reactions to daily situations. We will have reached the end before Christmas, so I will need to find a new seam to exploit for the New Year. Today we… Read More Filosofy on Friday – Global judgements
Over-generalisation: Your Frothy Filosofer has been less frothy of late, more like a cappuccino that’s been put to one side and forgotten. But stuff is still going on in the depths. I had an amazing trip to Tucson, my first (and hopefully not last) visit to the USA. So the journey and recovery time –… Read More Filosofy on Friday – Over-generalisation
Discounting the Positive: So, we reach episode five of this series on common thinking errors or information processing biases that underlie some of our emotional reactions to the events around us. We are at the half-way stage. And autumn is truly with us. What do you notice most at this time of year? The darker… Read More Filosofy on Friday – Discounting the positive
Personalisation: Today I need to get personal. Our journey through the common thinking errors (or biases in thinking/information processing) that form the cornerstone of cognitive-behavioral therapy has brought us to Personalisation. When this bias is activated, the person assumes unrealistic and irrational responsibility for events that are beyond their control. It is what David Burns… Read More Filosofy on Friday – Personalisation
Moral Imperatives: I should have started to write this post a lot sooner, rather than leaving it to the last minute. There is something I must share with you today. Professor Malaberry ought not to have been so critical of me last week. These are examples of moral imperatives. Statements that contain words such as… Read More Filosofy on Friday – Moral imperatives
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