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Six Truth Based Techniques for Depression
Examine the evidence, experimental techniques, survey technique and re-oppribution. These were based on Beck's thinking that when you're depressed you're like a scientist who has a wrong theory. So examine the evidence to see what you're telling yourself is really not true. Do an actual experiment to test your belief. There's a million ways to use experimental method. Another really funny one is I've had so many patients in my office who have bandicat acts but they can't make themselves go crazy no matter how hard they try. And often years of panic disorder are cured in an interesting way by these experiments.