How to identify and change limiting beliefs, Change your story. Change your life
Mental health is an essential part of overall health. Your mindset affects not only your mood but even physical attributes like blood pressure, heart rate and gastrointestinal functioning. Mental health may be the single best predictor of a happy, fulfilled life, yet not all of us are born with healthy coping skills and emotional literacy. Whether you have a mental health disorder or just want to add more tools to your life skills toolbox, CBT techniques can help.
What is cognitive behavioral therapy?
Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on the relationship between thoughts and behaviors. It began taking shape in the 1940s thanks to the contributions of several psychologists and is globally recognized today as an effective strategy for treating mental disorders and for overall self-improvement. CBT strategies are often used to treat conditions such as depression, anxiety, PTSD, OCD and addiction.
At its core, CBT is based on the belief that we control how we perceive and react to events, a philosophy that Tony shares. Tony’s methods incorporate many ideas that are also popular CBT techniques – and have helped many people. One of those people is Elizabeth Pietrzak, a woman with multiple personality disorder (MPD) who worked her whole life to overcome self-destructive behaviors and depression. She thought that by treating her MPD, she would be happy, but her journey had only begun.
Through Tony’s 30-day Personal Power program, Elizabeth learned techniques that transformed her life. She learned how to master her emotions and change her focus. She learned that happiness comes from within. She set health, career and relationship goals. In a letter to Tony, she writes, “I’m getting to know my children and grandchildren, but most importantly, I’m getting to know me.” That’s what CBT techniques are all about.
Cognitive behavioral therapy techniques
Cognitive behavioral therapy is a wide field with many different subsets. All CBT techniques have a few things in common: they are solution-oriented and involve taking action and responsibility for your own emotions and behavior.
