The Principle of Cognitive Restructuring
Cognitive Restructuring is based on the principle of cognitive mediation which says that how we feel emotionally is not the result of what happens to us, but instead, it’s the result of how we think about what happens to us.
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How can we deal with negative thinking? Psychology suggests that we should try to train our minds to think more positively about what happens to us.
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