Cognitive Behavior Therapy Quotes & Sayings

The purpose of life is life of a purpose. — Robert Byrne

Acceptance and commitment therapy, a variant on cognitive therapy, attempts to teach people to accept rather than change their emotions and make decisions within the context of what they value, as opposed to letting negative feelings control their behavior. — Joseph E. Ledoux

Our thoughts have prepared for us the
happiness or unhappiness we experience. — Hazrat Inayat Khan

Sheriff Joe Arpaio, a great guy.He endorsed me because I'm the best in immigration. And I think by his definition of the best, it's the best and the toughest. — Donald Trump

This is like a freaking romance novel. What happened next? — Shelly Crane

married a giver, not a taker. — Kim Holden

For people who are depressed, and especially for those who do not receive enough benefit from medication of for whom the side effects of antidepressants are troubling, the fact that placebos can duplicate much of the effects of antidepressants should be taken as good news. It means that there are other ways of alleviating depression. As we have seen, treatments like psychotherapy and physical exercise are at least as effective as antidepressant drugs and more effective than placebos. In particular, CBT has been shown to lower the risk of relapsing into depression for years after treatment has ended, making it particularly cost effective. — Irving Kirsch

Here are a few of the sources I used, and I heartily recommend them: Simon Baron-Cohen, The Science of Evil; Judith Beck, Cognitive Behavior Therapy; Louis Cozolino, The Making of a Therapist; Kevin Dutton, The Wisdom of Psychopaths; James Fallon, The Psychopath Inside; Peter and Ginger Ross Breggin, Talking Back to Prozac; Robert D. — Lisa Scottoline

Redemption is as comprehensive as Creation and Fall. God does not save our souls while leaving our minds to function on their own. He redeems the whole person. Conversion is meant to give new direction to our thoughts, emotions, wills and habits. — Nancy Pearcey

Fly without wings;
Dream with open eyes;
See in darkness. — Dejan Stojanovic

The most basic form of human stupidity is forgetting what we are trying to accomplish. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Someone's got to do some more research, but I would really like to know: when a CBT therapist really gets distressed, who does he go see? — Irvin D. Yalom