The coaching service helps clients in many aspects in the workplace. There are 13 cognitive distortions which you may find yourself applying in your self-talk and thoughts. This pattern of thinking negatively impacts your relationships, decision making and your own professional development. Partnering with a professional coach will help you address this concern and set an action plan to overcome this cognitive distortion. 1. black and white thinking 2. over generalization 3. mental filters 4. mind reading 5. jumping to conclusions 6. discounting the positive 7. magnification 8. labeling 9. personalization and blame 10. emotional reasoning 11. should and must statements 12. predictive thinking 13. catastrophizing
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