#4: Understanding Negative Thinking Patterns

In today's show Lydia + Sarah explore automatic negative thoughts, and mindfulness-based tools you can use to cope and reframe them. They offer personal experiences to demonstrate how cognitive distortions show up in our lives and practical ways to work through them. EPISODE TOOL: Cognitive distortions list Working through a negative thought: Identify the trigger (situation): Identify the automatic negative thought (ANT): Identify the thinking trap (from the cognitive distortions list): How strongly do I believe this ANT from 1-100? Where’s the proof this is real/happening? With this proof, what does it tell me? How can I reframe this with a positive automatic thought (PAT): FOLLOW US ON IG: Lydia Kasmoch, LPC, Registered Play Therapist @thrivecounseling.ep Sarah Swafford, LPC, Registered Play Therapist @mindful.wellness.counselingep We'd love to hear your feedback. Please leave us a review and if you have topics you want us to cover on the pod email us your ideas at [email protected] **And remember, the information, opinions, and recommendations presented in this Podcast are for general information only and any reliance on the information provided in this Podcast is done at your own risk. This Podcast should not be considered professional advice or used as a replacement for therapy. Intro music by: The Monocle Twins - The road to life