Core beliefs can influence in-the-moment thoughts and significantly affect a person’s life. For example, if a person holds the core belief that they are unlovable, they may seek explanations ...

Recent studies have proven that over 70,000 thoughts that come into an individual’s mind every day consist of negative ones wherein some of them are the fuel for depression, anxiety and low ...

Interventions that address rumination and explore patients’ core beliefs can potentially promote posttraumatic growth in patients with cancer, according to results of a recent study. Further ...

Cognitive distortions are thought biases that create negative patterns in the way a person thinks. Changing these habitual thoughts can help improve a person’s general well-being. Learn more.

When negative self-talk like this becomes habitual, it creates a foundation of self-doubt that skews more thoughts in a negative direction, according to lead author Paul Mansell, Ph.D. (c ...

Automatic Negative Thoughts are reflexive negative thoughts that are linked to our underlying core beliefs, and that occur in response to everyday situations. These are typically subconscious ...

We are not born with core beliefs. Dr. Nicole says someone has taught us this or we learned through experience that kind of reinforces this belief. Also, she says, “no one wakes up on their 18 ...

Negative thinking can distort your perception of reality and cause emotional difficulties. Cognitive behavioral therapy is built on the concept that what you think, feel and your behavior are all ...

Kristen Carpenter: We do a lot of training around identification of automatic thoughts and the beliefs that underlie them. It starts with identifying self-talk – literally the things you say to ...