Cognitive Behavorial Therapy Video Tape Session Review

Today I returned to the cognitive behavorial therapy after a two week break. The reason we had the two week break is because in Canada Thanksgiving was last week Monday. During today’s therapy seassion, we reviewed the video tapes of our conversations and had to fill out questionnaires. I thought my video taped session with another patient went well. I noticed that I wasn’t talking as clearly as I would have hoped. I guess this was due to my anxiety.

The ideology of the video taped session is for actually see ourselves on video and to understand our feelings. One of the things Dr. Beaman discussed was “automatic thoughts” and how to challenge these thoughts. Dr. Beaman asked us ” what are the “automatic thoughts” going through our minds when we are anxious?” I thought during my video taped session that I maintained good eye contact with the other patient during our discussion.