SLWK 606 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Bibliotherapy
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Core beliefs are one"s most central ideas about the self. Some refer to these as schemas, but beck differentiates the two by suggesting that schemas are cognitive structures within the mind, the specific content of which are core beliefs. Negative core beliefs fall into two categories: those associated with helplessness and those associated with unlovability. A third category, those associated with worthlessness, has also been described. People develop these beliefs from an early age, as children, with their genetic predisposition toward certain personality traits, interact with significant others, and encounter a series of situations. Patients may also have negative core beliefs about other people and their worlds. Once patients change their beliefs, they are likely to process data in a maladaptive way. You may not succeed with early belief modification if patients: Have core beliefs that are quite rigid and overgeneralized. Do not yet believe that cognitions are ideas and not necessarily truths.
