Reference: Course on Subject Clearing
Cognitive Therapy is the brainchild of Aaron T. Beck. He lived to be 100 years. So, he must be doing something right. In the video above, he is being interviewed at the age of 90 by his daughter.
In short, Cognitive Therapy may be defined as follows:
COGNITIVE THERAPY
Cognitive Therapy handles anomalies in the thought structure of a person’s viewpoint that he is not quite aware of. These anomalies distorts the person’s view. He thinks narrowly in black and white, overgeneralizes, and makes negative representation of the self. The therapist gives him reassurance and positive reinforcement. He helps the person explore his behavior back to the thought structure underlying his viewpoint.
The key cognitive therapy question is, “What was going through your mind just then?” Other questions are: Is there overgeneralization? Is there some alternative explanation? Is there a logic to that? When the person looks at the automatic thoughts arising from his thought structure, he starts to get better.
SUBJECT CLEARING
With Subject Clearing, you are clearing the key concepts of a subject, coming forward from the earliest concept. You do this using the definitions provided. You then handle the anomalies as they come up in the form of disagreements. The disagreements allow one to look closely at certain concepts, and may help discover arbitraries in one’s thinking.
The definitions provided could also need some improvement, but the disagreement provides an opportunity to look for arbitraries in one’s thinking. This gradually sweeps away such arbitraries.
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Here is a little exercise to get some idea of Cognitive Therapy with Subject Clearing. Look up the following definition of UNIVERSE; and ask yourself,
“What crosses my mind as I look up this definition?”
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UNIVERSE
The universe is not just physical; it is also metaphysical, real, imaginary, postulated or speculated. Nothing is excluded from the universe. The root meaning of the word UNIVERSE is “entire, all, literally, turned into one,” which means that the universe is continuous, consistent and harmonious as per the Principle of Oneness. The universe is knowable as opposed to the Unknowable. This means that the universe is made up of substance.
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You may be surprised to find what crosses your mind. It could be a thought such as, “This is too deep for me,” or, “I have never understood this kind of stuff.”
These kind of thoughts are negative representation of the self. Anyway, these are just some examples. Go ahead and discover your own internal reaction.
Write down your questions or disagreements that you would like to resolve. See if you can resolve those questions using the Internet. Otherwise, contact me.
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