36 reactions | To access a client’s automatic thoughts, ask them what they were thinking when you notice a change in emotion. When clients have difficulty identifying those thoughts, ask them to talk about the sensations or emotions they are currently experiencing. Learn more: https://beckinstitute.org/get-training/ | Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy | Facebook

34K views · 112 reactions | Is the glass half full or half empty? Turns out, the way that you present a situation to people can really change how they feel about it — our brains tend to fixate on the negative aspects over the positive ones. Alison Ledgerwood, a UC Davis professor of psychology, studies how people tend to get stuck in particular ways of thinking and what they can do to get unstuck.  | University of California | Facebook