Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-248) and index
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Introduction: cogito ergo sum -- Changing thoughts in practice: the basic concepts of cognitive therapies -- Thinking about thoughts -- The stream of consciousness: mind-wandering, introspection, rumination -- Meditation, and mindfulness -- Distorted thoughts -- How thoughts influence mood and feelings or is it the other way around? -- How thoughts lead to action and why they sometimes do not -- General principles of how and why thoughts change -- Can cognitive treatments be enhanced?
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Cognitive therapy, a core approach within a collection of psychotherapeutic techniques known as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), is fundamentally about changing peoples' thoughts--helping them overcome difficulties by recognizing and changing dysfunctional thinking styles. Among other strategies, it requires encouraging the development of skills for rehearsing new habits of thought, modifying biases in judging and interpreting social and emotional information, and for testing assumptions underlying dysfunctional and negative, distorted thinking. In How and Why Thoughts Change, Dr. Ian Evans discusses all these topics and more.-- Provided by publisher