I presume he means PeterB.danieLion wrote: Please cite a name, otherwise I'll treat this as hearsay.
Mike
I presume he means PeterB.danieLion wrote: Please cite a name, otherwise I'll treat this as hearsay.
Not quite.cooran wrote:Hello all,
What is CBT?
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with metta
Chris
Indeed MIke...I am psychiatrist with nearly 25 years experience in the field..and along with many of my colleagues in the UK field I have used CBT for the last 12 years.mikenz66 wrote:Hi Daniel,I presume he means PeterB.danieLion wrote: Please cite a name, otherwise I'll treat this as hearsay.
Mike
Hi Chris.Yana wrote:hi,
When i suffer depression it's usually because of unwise attention and lack of mindfulness.
I am either caught up in a destructive or negative thought pattern and lack the awareness to take one step back to assess things.
Depression can sometimes feel too overwhelming that i can't really practice mindfulness or even "assess it" (well i can't function really) so i usually counter it with something positive or feel good.Something that cheers me up without harming me like going to the amusement park or go out a have a picnic or some place with beautiful scenery and surroundings.Then when I've brought my mind back to normal i can meditate again which has a way of suppressing any harmful thoughts.And being mindful helps prevent depression because as soon as i realize i am about to enter the same old pattern i just stop and change route.
Depression exists because something else existed before that,if i can stop that something else from existing then i am good to go!
CBT is soooo yesterday. ACT is the new thing, even closer to Buddhism than CBT.PeterB wrote:Hi Chris.Yana wrote:hi,
When i suffer depression it's usually because of unwise attention and lack of mindfulness.
I am either caught up in a destructive or negative thought pattern and lack the awareness to take one step back to assess things.
Depression can sometimes feel too overwhelming that i can't really practice mindfulness or even "assess it" (well i can't function really) so i usually counter it with something positive or feel good.Something that cheers me up without harming me like going to the amusement park or go out a have a picnic or some place with beautiful scenery and surroundings.Then when I've brought my mind back to normal i can meditate again which has a way of suppressing any harmful thoughts.And being mindful helps prevent depression because as soon as i realize i am about to enter the same old pattern i just stop and change route.
Depression exists because something else existed before that,if i can stop that something else from existing then i am good to go!
What you describe Yana, sounds like the kind of condition that could benefit from CBT.
On rereading my previous post I realise that tempus has fugited faster than I thought...
In fact I have been a psych for nearly 29 years,,and a CBTherapist for fifteen...gulp.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy made the rounds once upon a time, but never seems to get mentioned when CBT is on the table - I think CBT is more popular? More successful? More generally applicable?PeterB wrote:I am glad that works for you....it most definitely will not work for everyone however.
I wish it did..my life would be a lot easier.