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NCMHCE Clinical Mental Health Counselor

Category - Assessment and Diagnosis

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Which is an example of the distorted thinking through emotional reasoning?
  1. “I feel stupid, therefore, I am stupid”
  2. “If I don’t get an A+, I am stupid”
  3. “He made me feel stupid”
  4. “If I don’t get an A+, I will never get into college”
Explanation
Answer: A - Cognitive therapy focuses on the various cognitive distortions that impact the way individuals feel about themselves. Emotional reasoning is a distortion that causes people to think that what they feel must be accurate or true: “I feel stupid, therefore I am stupid.”
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