Therapy and Recovery

The way we think affects the way we feel, the way we act, and the way we respond to stress, cravings, conflict, shame, discomfort, and disappointment. Recovery requires learning how to pause between the thought and the action. Cognitive distortions are thinking patterns that bend reality. They are not always completely false. In fact, the most difficult distorted thoughts often contain a piece of truth, which is what makes them feel so convincing. For example, someone may thi