This month’s blog posts:
June 2nd, 2023 – What are ‘thinking traps’ & how do they impact our mental health?
The ‘thinking traps’ model is important to understand because almost everyone falls into one or more of these unhelpful thinking patterns when they’re in a stressful or distressing situation. Thinking traps are cognitive biases that lead to flawed or irrational thinking. There are many, which we will be looking at in more detail over the next few blog posts, but they usually involve… Read the full post here
June 9th, 2023 – The most common thinking traps we fall into
In this post we’re looking at the most common thinking traps people fall into, followed by example questions that you can ask yourself to help challenge or reframe these thoughts so you can start to see things in a more realistic, helpful way: Read more here
June 16th, 2023 – Could you be falling into these thinking traps?
The previous post looked at some of the most common and obvious thinking traps that happen to us in reaction to a stressful or distressing situation such as catastrophising and assuming the worst-case scenario. In this post we’re looking at some more – these are perhaps more nuanced and might take a little more awareness to recognise when you’ve fallen into one of them: Read the full post here
June 23rd, 2023 – A tool to reduce stress & anxiety on the spot
Hopefully, by this point, you now understand what thinking traps are and how they happen, and you’ve also been able to identify the specific thinking traps that you might fall into when you’re stressed about something. In the previous two posts, I’ve given you specific questions to ask yourself to help this process in relation to each of the thinking traps. But there’s also a very effective tool that takes you through the reframing process in more detail … Read more here
Worth Sharing This Month
If you’re interested in learning more about Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and how it can help you overcome emotional and psychological problems, such as depression, low self-esteem, low mood, chronic anxiety, stress or out-of-control anger then I highly recommend the following book as a great place to start:
The CBT Handbook: A comprehensive guide to using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to overcome depression, anxiety and anger by Pamela Myles-Hooton
I also recommend looking at CBT-specific apps. There are many but I particularly like:
CBT Thought Diary, which utilises CBT-based tools to help you improve your mood, reflect on positive and negative thoughts, practice gratitude, and evaluate your state of mind.
Kate x
