COGNITIVE DISTORTIONS IN THE APG MANUAL

You’ll find them in the APG manual and also in the ACMC training manual. You’ll need to know the content of these and my preference is that you know them well, so that is why in this trainer’s reflection I will present you with an understanding of them. What are they? The Cognitive Distortions. They are included in the APG (Self-Leadership) training manual. I hope you don’t quickly skim over them as they are an important part of clarifying how we think and how our thinking is error prone. So, with that in mind I will present you with this additional material in the hope that you’ll have more information to use when you present them in your next APG.

Background: The Cognitive Distortions originated from Aaron T. Beck and his work in modelling depression back in the 1960s. Beck is considered one of the founders of Cognitive Therapy. A student of his, David Burns took Beck’s work and titled them Cognitive Distortions which he presented in his book “The Feeling Good Handbook” released in 1989. Both Beck and Burns work in this area contributed to the formation of the field known as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).