Summary of Matthew McKay, Martha Davis & Patrick Fanning's Thoughts and Feelings

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#1 When you feel bad, you don’t have the time or energy to wade through simplistic pep talks, unrealistic success stories, or long-winded and obscure discussions of theory. So, we have made this book as clear and as brief as possible.

#2 The heart of cognitive behavioral therapy is a simple insight: you can change your feelings by changing your thoughts. Hundreds of studies have proven that this simple insight can be applied to relieve a wide variety of problems more easily and quickly than any other therapeutic technique.

#3 The twelve major emotional problems and the plans to treat them are listed below. The treatment plans follow a definite sequence, beginning with the most useful or general technique and proceeding to more specialized interventions.

#4 Worry is often the result of deeply held negative beliefs, and you can address those by reading chapter 15, Testing Core Beliefs. If worry persists due to deeply held negative beliefs, read chapter 20, Problem Solving.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Apr 2, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669381556

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Insights on Matthew McKay and Martha Davis & Patrick Fanning's Thoughts and Feelings

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 18

Insights from Chapter 19

Insights from Chapter 20

Insights from Chapter 21

Insights from Chapter 22

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

When you feel bad, you don’t have the time or energy to wade through simplistic pep talks, unrealistic success stories, or long-winded and obscure discussions of theory. So, we have made this book as clear and as brief as possible.

#2

The heart of cognitive behavioral therapy is a simple insight: you can change your feelings by changing your thoughts. Hundreds of studies have proven that this simple insight can be applied to relieve a wide variety of problems more easily and quickly than any other therapeutic technique.

#3

The twelve major emotional problems and the plans to treat them are listed below. The treatment plans follow a definite sequence, beginning with the most useful or general technique and proceeding to more specialized interventions.

#4

Worry is often the result of deeply held negative beliefs, and you can address those by reading chapter 15, Testing Core Beliefs. If worry persists due to deeply held negative beliefs, read chapter 20, Problem Solving.

#5

If you haven’t developed agoraphobia or significant avoidance due to the fear of panicking, chapter 7 will suffice. However, if you have reached a point where you are avoidant or agoraphobic, you’ll need to develop a fear hierarchy as explained in chapter 13 and work through chapter 14 so you can begin exposing yourself to your feared situations in gradual steps.

#6

The program for worry behavior prevention is in chapter 6. It is critical for limiting the excessive checking and overworking that grow out of fears of making mistakes or being criticized.

#7

The protocol for obsessional thinking starts with chapter 10, Defusion, because it’s simple and easy to learn. This technique will allow you to detach from many unwanted thoughts. But there will be some thoughts that trigger very high anxiety, and you will need a more powerful strategy for those.

#8

Phobias are generally classified into three categories: specific phobias, agoraphobia, and social phobia. Specific phobias are excessive or unreasonable fear of such things as flying, heights, animals, injections, blood, and so on. You avoid the object of your fear as much as possible.

#9

The basic treatment protocol for all phobias is the same, with the exception of agoraphobia. Agoraphobia usually starts with untreated panic disorder. The panic disorder must be resolved first by working through chapter 7, Coping with Panic. Then you can continue with the regular phobia protocol.

#10

When you’re depressed, your mood is sad and nothing seems interesting or pleasurable. You might sleep a lot more or less than usual. You feel restless and yet tired at the same time. It’s hard to concentrate or make decisions.

#11

If you still feel depressed after you’ve worked through these chapters, it may be because your core beliefs about your competence, worth, and so on are still generating the depression. Work through chapter 15, Testing Core Beliefs, and then chapter 16, Changing Core Beliefs with Visualization.

#12

When you have low self-esteem, you feel worthless, flawed, and incompetent. You are blind to your strong points and exaggerate your weak points.