Cognitive restructuring
'Cognition' is a word used to denote a thought or belief, and 'restructuring' involves challenging a cognition by looking at the evidence for or against it. The basic idea behind cognitive restructuring is that thoughts themselves are not facts; you need to consider whether the thoughts you are having are true and to consider whether there are any other ways to thinking about a particular situation. At first this can be a real challenge: we often believe what we think and don't question our own thoughts. However, often our thinking is biased, and with perfectionism it can be biased towards thinking too negatively and harshly about yourself.
Focused
Minds
Program
This program has been created to help individuals who:
Struggle with the pressure of their own goals
Whose self-worth is reliant on their achievement
Who want to work towards positive goal attainment without the fear of never feeling good enough
This quiz is for your personal use to determine whether you believe this program is suitable for you, this quiz is not part of the sign-up process and further details for signing up can be accessed from the menu bar.
The Focused Minds Program is a free, online program. Content from the program is based on the self-help book Overcoming Perfectionism by Roz Shafran, Sarah Egan, and Tracey Wade. The program is intended to help those at risk of developing an eating disorder by looking at ways to aim for high standards without feeling the need to reach perfection, to improve self-worth by focusing on areas of life which are not linked with achievement, and by tackling self-criticism. The idea behind the program is that focusing a person’s mindset on healthy achievement rather than perfectionism can reduce some of the factors which may contribute to mental health problems.