Cognitive restructuring teaches people to recognize and replace irrational or faulty thoughts with more realistic and positive thinking in order to change perspectives and better manage conditions like anxiety, depression, and social phobia. It is a cognitive behavioral technique where irrational thoughts are reframed into rational ones to help face daily life with more confidence by controlling thinking patterns.

1. WHAT IS COGNITIVE
RESTRUCTURING?

2. Cognitive restructuring
 Learning how to think differently to
change “faulty thinking” to a more
realistic, rational, positive thinking.

3. Cognitive restructuring
 Also referred to as cognitive
reframing which is a behavior
technique associated with cognitive
therapy.
 Being able to recognize when
thoughts are irrational and learn to
replace them with rational thoughts.

4. Who Benefits
Cognitive restructuring is most beneficial for
those who suffer from anxiety, depression,
social phobia, eating disorders, etc…

5. Change thinking from:
NEGATIVE POSITIVE

6. Cognitive restructuring
 Allows people to face their daily
lives with confidence because they
have learned to control their
thinking and change irrational
thoughts into rational thoughts.