# Cognitive therapy Cognition

By [honey peach](https://paragraph.com/@honey-peach) · 2023-02-10

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Cognitive therapy Cognition refers to people's knowledge and opinions, including thinking, judging, anticipating, understanding and so on. It has long been known that cognitive processes affect mood, emotion, motivation and behavior, and further affect mental health. Cognitive theory in modern psychology defines the overall model of cognitive activity. Cognitive activity can be divided into four stages: in the first stage, stimuli become sensory materials through sensory organs; In the second stage, the sensory material is endowed with specific meaning through the refraction of individual experience and personality structure. In the third stage, individuals analyze and judge the meaning according to their own situation. In the fourth stage, the analysis and judgment of individuals activate the emotional system and motor system, and produce various emotions and behavioral motivations. According to this theory, if we improve the structure of cognitive factors, adjust the logic of cognition, straighten out the connection of each cognitive stage, then we may correct psychological problems, so as to achieve the purpose of psychological counseling. On this basis, cognitive psychology has developed various treatment techniques and methods, the most influential of which is Baker's cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). The big takeaway from cognitive therapy is that it's not the event itself that causes emotion, but our perception of the event.

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This gives us the initiative to change our minds when we can't. This point whether in psychological counseling, or in daily life, all play an extremely important role. Humanism is more of a philosophical thinking than a standardized school of psychological counseling. Humanism emphasizes human dignity, value, creativity and self-realization, which boils down to the development of human potential, and this potential is also an instinct to some extent. This combines human psychology with human essence and distinguishes it from both psychoanalysis and behaviorism. Rogers, the master of humanistic psychotherapy, did not integrate structured counseling techniques. He emphasized that the counselor should be centered on the client, providing an atmosphere of "freedom", "equality", "positive attention" and "sincerity", allowing the client to put down his defense, develop his potential and finally realize himself. Maslow, another main representative of this school, put forward the hierarchy of needs theory. Maslow studied and classified the basic needs of human beings and distinguished them from the instincts of animals. He proposed that human needs develop in different levels. He distinguished human needs from the lowest to the highest in terms of the goals they pursued and the objects they satisfied. He believes that when lower-level needs are satisfied, people tend to voluntarily satisfy higher-level needs. Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory model has been widely used in psychology and management. TCM psychotherapy will interpret symptoms from both physical and psychological aspects. According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, people's emotions are closely related to the five Zang organs, and different emotions correspond to different Zang organs. Zang-fu organs are not simply the same as internal organs, as will be explained later. In this case, the client's main emotional disorder is fear, an emotion that belongs to the kidney. Wang teacher thin, from the body type can see the lack of kidney qi; Withered buttocks, indicating a lack of energy from the family; Lumbar vertebrae stiffening further blocks the flow of energy, causing feelings of fear. Wang teacher usually do things cautious, often worry, fear, these are the performance of kidney qi deficiency, blackboard events is just the trigger. From the psychological perspective, such people are usually strict in childhood, and their inner energy is suppressed. When they encounter strong emotions, their energy is not enough to support normal work and life.

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