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Brilliant Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, 2nd Edition
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Brilliant Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, 2nd Edition

by Dr. Stephen Briers
February 2013
Beginner
296 pages
5h 32m
English
Pearson International
Content preview from Brilliant Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, 2nd Edition

Strategies for accessing hot thoughts

What did the trigger mean?

Trigger event:

Examiner tells me I have failed my driving test.

Meaning:

‘I can’t get anything right.’

Complete the following sentence: ‘When X occurred my feelings told me...’

Trigger event:

Briefly losing child in the supermarket.

Meaning:

‘When I couldn’t see Arthur my feelings immediately screamed at me that he had been taken.’

What was the worst thing about [trigger event]?

Trigger event:

Feeling unwell on the train.

Worst implication:

‘I could have fainted and been completely helpless…’

If I could put the feeling into words what would they be?

Trigger event:

Putting letter in letter box.

Feeling in words:

Guilt – ‘I should have ...

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