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Ayesha has been feeling anxious and depressed. She is convinced that no one loves her and it would be very difficult for her to succeed. How will Beck’s cognitive therapy help her deal with her negative thoughts?

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Explanation of Core Schemas, cognitive distortions 

Therapy Description: 

  • The therapist uses questioning, which is gentle, non-threatening disputation of the Ayesha’s beliefs and thoughts. 
  • Questions such as “why should everyone love me” will make Ayesha thinks in a direction opposite to that of her existing negative thoughts. 
  • This helps her gain insight into her dysfunctional schemas, and she is able to alter her cognitive structures. 
  • Achieving this cognitive restructuring reduces anxiety and depression


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