You Can Fix Thinking Errors Through A Cognitive Restructuring Program
Producing a manualized cognitive restructuring program that is effective in helping individuals overcome flawed thinking and self-defeating conduct is an art form that few have mastered.
Is it even possible to get into someone's subconscious mind and actually modify thoughts? The answer is yes and the secret lies in a book by Dr. David Hawken on truth vs. falsehoods. The truth has a force that can break through the veil of self-imposed false beliefs and help people find their true selves. That is, help them realize they are so much greater than they think they are.
Developing a cognitive restructuring curriculum entails possessing a deep knowledge of truth, if this is lacking the written words will not penetrate the mind. In effect untrue words slide off the page and right onto the ground. There they disintegrate and die and are forgotten along with millions of other untrue words.
True words elevate people to higher whereas untrue words depress. True words have a force that stimulates energies that vibrate at a frequency that people accept. It is this cognitive power that has the ability to change flawed thinking.
After helping victims of domestic hostility it is enlightening to sit in the sessions and watch this self-actualization process. Nearly all abused women believe that they have less value than they really do. By the time they get to the 3rd or 4th session of applying true words, the truth begins to have its affect.
This reprogramming is manifested in their physical, psychological and emotional animation. The before and after manifestation for most are significant and enduring. Nevertheless don't forget that cognitive restructuring counseling only encourages change, it doesn't force it. Only the client can change him/herself. The main reason counseling programs are unsuccessful is because they are not set up correctly and they contain little penetrating truth. This is because the person or people who created it didn't have the necessary truth. People may attend psychotherapy sessions for years and not change because the therapist isn't aligned with truth. The truth can have a permanent impact on people in only a matter of hours, however, it must be available.
About the Author: Larry Lloyd, is the director of the American Community Corrections Institute (www.accilifeskills.com/contactinfo.php) which creates evidence-based cognitive restructuring programs(www.accilifeskills.com/cognitiverestructuring.php). See also their blog at www.cognitivelifeskills.com
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