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| CBT: Cognitive Distortions |
I have perfected the art of "black and white thinking".
I have worked all my life to hone the skill of "exaggeration".
I have a new plan.
Using the five point scale to acknowledge things can be grey (not just black or white).
Arta asked why the alternative has to be grey rather than some nice colour.
In honor of Arta's question, here is the colour scale I will be using.
I first ran across it in Kari Dunn Buron's material.
She has some free downloads that I have found helpful for myself and others.
My current favorite is her anxiety curve.
Her tagline on her website is "a pretty good teacher from Minnesota".
I am working on one for myself. I have considered sticking close to hers: "a pretty good enough SLP from Grande Prairie". Another I have considered is: "An SLP who is good enough and works in Interior BC." Based on Suzie Orman's recent suggestion to a viewer I may settle with. "An SLP who is more than enough."
Using the five point scale to acknowledge things can be grey (not just black or white).
Arta asked why the alternative has to be grey rather than some nice colour.
In honor of Arta's question, here is the colour scale I will be using.I first ran across it in Kari Dunn Buron's material.
She has some free downloads that I have found helpful for myself and others.
My current favorite is her anxiety curve.
Her tagline on her website is "a pretty good teacher from Minnesota".
I am working on one for myself. I have considered sticking close to hers: "a pretty good enough SLP from Grande Prairie". Another I have considered is: "An SLP who is good enough and works in Interior BC." Based on Suzie Orman's recent suggestion to a viewer I may settle with. "An SLP who is more than enough."
Thanks for sharing this Bonnie. I just looked at the curve and it is a great visual for recognizing, as a parent, what you can do at different points. I have two girls this curve applies to. For one it is an axiety curve, for other it is a curve that shows how they react when being asked to do something they can not do (because in that moment they are unable to be flexible, ie: transition away from what they want to do toward something else that needs to be done).
ReplyDeleteCan you tell me what a parent should do when the child is at a 5? The curve says "this is not the time to talk, direct or problem solve." What can you do to bring them down from that "5" spot? I want you to do the reserach and tell me so I don't have to do it myself. :-)
I think to just think is difficult. My thinking comes in colour, my clothes are black and white.
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