Cognitive reframing
psychological technique
Cognitive reframing is a psychological technique that consists of identifying and then changing the way situations, experiences, events, ideas and emotions are viewed. Cognitive reframing is the process by which such situations or thoughts are challenged and then changed. In the context of cognitive therapy, cognitive reframing is referred to as cognitive restructuring. In psychological research on emotion regulation, the same process is studied under the term cognitive reappraisal. Research that combines the results of many studies has generally found reframing to be effective at changing how people feel, and it has been linked to better mental health and greater psychological resilience.
History
Aaron T. Beck developed cognitive therapy in the 1960s. Through working with patients diagnosed with depression, he found that negative thoughts would persist in the minds of these patients. Beck helped his patients recognize the impact of their negative thoughts, and aided them in shifting their mindset to think more positively. This eventually led to the lessening of, or sometimes getting rid of, the patients' depression.
The technique of changing such thoughts, known as "cognitive restructuring", is associated with many early cognitive-behavioral approaches, including Beck's cognitive therapy, Albert Ellis's rational emotive behavior therapy, and Marvin Goldfried's systematic rational restructuring.
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