Automatic Thoughts Explained (Aaron Beck's Breakthrough)

Episode 12 explores the cognitive revolution and why cognition becomes central to psychotherapy. We trace a key shift: the mind as an information-processing system worth examining, including memory, perception, attention, and beliefs.We then unpack Albert Ellis’ REBT and the ABC model (beliefs as the driver of emotional distress), followed by Aaron Beck’s empirical contributions: automatic thoughts, cognitive distortions, the cognitive triad in depression, and the move towards evidence-based cognitive therapy. This episode sets up the bridge into CBT by showing how cognition and behaviour begin to integrate.🎧 Subscribe now and master the art of communication in therapy. Learn more about CPD-accredited, in-person training at Treatment Works: https://treatmentworks.co.za/links