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[Audio] Basic Principles Of Cognitive Therapy one. Automatic Thoughts ( personalized notions that are triggered by particular stimuli that lead to emotional responses). two. Individuals maintains their core beliefs about themselves, their world and their future. three. People with emotional difficulties tend to commit logical errors that distort objective reality cognitive distortions Beck observed that depressed clients exhibited a negative bias in their interpretation or thinking. He asked clients to observe their negative automatic thoughts that persisted eventhough they were contrary to objective evidence. A primary focus of cognitive therapy is to assist clients in examining their core beliefs and encourage to gather and weigh evidence in support of their beliefs, clients bring changes in their mood and behavior.