Beyond Recovery to Restoration Rebecca Born, LISW Executive Director, Connections: A Safe Place rborn1@fuse.net www.connectionssp.org
This program is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not meant to replace the counsel or treatment of a licensed therapist.
Restoration Let each become all he was created capable of being. Thomas Carlyle
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Sculpture by Dean Kermit Allison
Faulty Thinking Self Talk - Why we depend on it - Patterns develop - Learn to recognize
Emotional Reasoning
• A habit of believing that if I feel a certain way about myself then it must be true
Minimizing A habit of making your achievements seem not important. Or A habit of thinking abuse hasn’t impacted you.
Awfulizing A habit of deciding that things will always turn out “bad� for you.
Black and White A habit of believing things are either “all” or “nothing”.
Down-putting A habit of putting yourself down for having a problem or making a mistake.
Mindreading • A habit of believing you already know what others think of you without asking them.
Now what? • Recognize the pattern • Interrupt it • Is it true? Really? • Ask questions for clarification • The importance of self-respect, not self-esteem