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Many years ago he set out to understand resilience, why some people have the ability to stand up under stress and others become depressed or irritable. As a result, Beau developed a new cognitive model for depression and a cognitive model for addiction that aids in understanding mood disorders, making depression easier to conquer.
Travel to beautiful Palisade, Colorado and learn to stop depression and build resilience. One and two day private or group sessions are available. Professional clinicians are welcome. Professional seminars and training are available at your location. Beau also makes house calls on the western slope of Colorado. Contact Beau at:
beau@bwtresilience.com
PO Box 31
Palisade, Colorado 81526
Call 970-464-9381 Hours 9 to 5 Mountain Time, Monday through Friday
"The thinking it took to get us into this mess is not the same thinking that is going to get us out of it." Albert Einstein
When one is down, it is easy to assume that our moods control our
thoughts. Psychologists and therapists used to think that our moods
controlled our thoughts. However, research has proven that our thoughts
control our moods.
Everybody
has stressors, it is how you interpret the stressors that make a
difference. Self-talk is how we talk to ourselves. Everybody does it.
It's called thinking. Cognitive distortions refer to those thoughts that
are plausible but not correct or accurate. Click on this cognitive distortion link and start learning about them.
Rumination appears to be the foundation of depression. It is the "pilot
light" that is in place to start a depression. Rumination means
dwelling on bad events or bad situations over and over again. Sometimes
those thoughts are "I am ashamed of myself" or perhaps "I should have
said this or that." The thoughts could be thoughts of inferiority or
resentment as well as other types. In Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
(PTSD) the event is replayed over and over again.
The combination of cognitive distortions and rumination may lead to a
deep depression. To understand depression and addictions, look at the
cognitive model for depression and the cognitive model for addiction on
the following tabs.
"A man may dwell upon a thought so long that it may take him prisoner."