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Cognitive Distortions: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Techniques 18/30
Your brain is a great storyteller and a terrible fact-checker. Learn the ten tricks it plays on you. 🧠
Who it's for
The video starts from the core CBT idea that our interpretations, not circumstances alone, shape how we feel.
Confused→Clear-Headed
Feelings it meets
What it is
A Therapy in a Nutshell video by Emma McAdam, LMFT, part of a 30-part CBT skills series. It explains cognitive distortions as thoughts that feel true but aren't, and introduces the CBT idea that our interpretations, not circumstances alone, shape how we feel.
Where to find it
YouTube, official Therapy in a Nutshell channel (free). Companion article on therapyinanutshell.com (Skill #18).
Before you start
Age: Ages 12+
A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it.Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, no. 193
