Posted by gardenergirl on February 3, 2004, at 22:03:19
In reply to CBT and 'invalidating' » Penny, gg, posted by badhaircut on February 3, 2004, at 20:39:40
I think by invalidating I am thinking mainly of cognitive restructuring and also targeting "problem behaviors." Cognitive restructuring asks you to challenge and change core beliefs without necessarily validating that you have those beliefs for a reason. They serve a function that at one point was adaptive, but now is not.
Targeting problem behaviors is invalidating for the same reason. We all behave for reasons. If you look intensely at a behavior and all the events, situations, thoughts, feelings, etc, that go along with it, then it usually makes perfect sense why someone behaved the way they did. To acknowlege that is validating. THEN you can work on alternative behaviors or changing thoughts about something.
IMHO,
gg
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