Our Cognitive Behavioral World.....

topic posted Thu, September 17, 2009 - 3:13 PM by  Aschleigh
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It's a real possibility we are entering the cognitive behavioral millenium. I am studying cognitivie behavioral therapy at school but I am also noticing that it is all around. It is " the secret" it is The Prophet " by Kahlil Gibran, it is on Oprah ' It may be so embedded in our culture that it's hard to see at this point. Cognitive ( thinking) behavioral therpy is about changing our thinking to change our behavior. And it works, it was what BF Skinner and Pavlov worked on in their own way. I see it on Oprah where she talks about Stepping out of our pasts with new thinking. It's ancient and yet new again. The reason why I think that nobody needs to teach freud anymore is because we live in a freudnian world, we talk about our mother issues, Oedipal, family dynamics all the time. We live in a freundian world.
Now we are stepping into a Cognitive behavioral world, it gets taught to us from all angles.
I really can't wait to start my real career at a private pratice and have more people to talk about this stuff with.
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Aschleigh
Los Angeles
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  • Re: Our Cognitive Behavioral World.....

    Fri, September 18, 2009 - 2:40 AM
    The problem is that it is used to justify a lot of consumption. Advertising uses the idea that you have to think of something in a new way to continually justify selling you the same old thing as "NEW! IMPROVED!". My favorite is "NOW WITH FOUR MORE OZ. FOR FREE!" So, it also teaches one not to think critically and just buy something because it sounds like it's a new thing, a new idea, etc...even if it isn't. This is the victory of image over substance.
  • Re: Our Cognitive Behavioral World.....

    Fri, September 25, 2009 - 11:10 PM
    "Cognitive ( thinking) behavioral therpy is about changing our thinking to change our behavior. "

    But is this really a new concept? It is, I believe what Lao Tzu, Budda, and Jesus (among many others) seemed to be saying. I believe it is embodied in the word 'namaste' with its acceptance and respect for others though creating our own internal accaptance that even though they may be different, and we may not totally agree with them, we accept the validity of their thoughts and feelings. I am not saying this very well, I fear, but I'll stop writing, rather than risk adding confusion to my thoughts.

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