WHAT IS COGNITIVE REFRAMING?
Cognitive reframing operates on the basis that everyone’s perceptions and feelings are unique. Your perceptions of an event, for instance, may be very different from those of a friend or co-worker. “Our emotional responses to a situation are heavily influenced by the way we view the situation,” explains Calvin Fitch, PhD, a staff psychologist with Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, who also works in private practice. “The way we view a situation may not always be accurate or helpful, and may exacerbate distress.”
“Cognitive reframing is a way of changing the way we
