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
This is your homepage with links to all eight sessions.
These sessions are designed to be completed in order, however, you if prefer to focus on particular topics you can always skip sessions and return to them later on.
If you would like to track your progress across these sessions, download this excel file to monitor your levels of perfectionism.
Completing these sessions may take as little as 20 minutes per week, but making changes to your life is a continual process.
Click Start to begin.