Have you had cognitive behavioral therapy for depression? Did it help?
Patients who have problems interacting with others may be given specific activities to help improve their social skills.
The cognitive part of CBT involves figuring out what a patient's distorted thought patterns that create problems, testing those thoughts, and assessing how those thoughts influence how they see and interact with the world around them. The goal is for the patient to gain a better understanding of themselves and the behaviors and motivations of others, to learn problem-solving skills to cope, and to develop confidence in one's self and abilities.
A therapist teaches a patient to recognize these thoughts when they occur and to pay attention to their mood following the thoughts. Patients may then have to record these thoughts andThe next step involves challenging these negative automatic thoughts when they occur so the patient can learn more realistic explanations, which are less likely to be negative.
Another way to help identify and evaluate automatic negative thoughts is to complete behavioral tests. For this to work, a patient must be at a point in the counseling where they agree the thoughts can be challenged and possibly changed. An example of this would be for a patient to agree to challenge the thought that "no one wants to spend time with me," by calling 10 people to see if they will spend time together in the future. Noting the results can help a patient challenge this automatic thought.
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