Thinking about meaning (Presentation to PWPs at an IAPT service by Step 3 CBT clinician)
Thinking aboutmeaningv1 from Rob Thomson Contents Theory 1 Mental health essence 1 Meaning’s base medium 2 Language 2 Attention 2 Drivers of attention 3 Attentional effects 3 Thought 3 Thought types 4 Speech Characters 4 Practice 5 Meaning is core to mental health 5 Meaning is held in thoughts\perception 6 Thoughts can be dynamic\passive 6 Thoughts are communication 7 Communication can be between different characters 7 Attentional Focus 7 Theory Mental health essence Meaning is key to mental health. This is not because it defines a mental health disorder in the way that the meaning of a swollen liver defines cirrhosis but rather because meaning creates it. Mental health disorders are considered to be disorders of cognition, emotion or behaviour, a sense of something not being functional in one of these three areas. However there is no essential aspect of any of them that defines a mental health disorder. Rather it is meaning plus state of cognition\emotion\b...