Example of Relationship Psychology from a Cognitive Restructuring Workbook
The following story & questions are an illustration of some text and curriculum that can be found in a Cognitive Restructuring Manualized Workbook.
The Johnson and Miller families resided in the same area and went to the same public schools. Their lives intertwined often. Scott Miller was Jason�s age and once came to his rescue in the sixth grade when a group of older bullies were beating him up.
Bloodied and nearly unconcious, Jason awoke to Scott�s younger sister, Jenny, as she was crying and cleaning the blood from his face, his head in her lap. He was disappointed when his teacher showed up because he had a secret deep crush on this beauty with a ponytail and deep brown eyes.
As soon as Jason finished serving detention he moved to another state to get a job with his uncle in the construction business and completely lost contact with Jenny. Soon he was on his own, buying older homes and fixing them up to resell. When Jason was 23, he returned to the place of his birth and discovered that the majority of his family were living in misery.
Although he endured many effects from his childhood abuse, he had liberated himself from the heavy chains of his past. With new understanding, he forgave his mother and the father he hardly knew. His view of others changed. He found freedom, a deeper freedom than he imagined. The world he encountered sprang from this new vision and therein lay his fate � a life of hardship, but also a life of giving and receiving love.
With his change of heart and increased self-esteem, he mustered the strength to knock on Jenny�s front door. It was a few days before Christmas and unbeknownst to him, Jenny was home from college. Before he was arrested and sent to detention, he was a regular visitor to the Miller home. He had once saved Scott�s life when he had hit his head at the local swimming hole and almost drowned.
Jason hadn't seen Jenny for 6 years and he was not prepared for the beautiful girl who answered the door. At first she didn�t recognize him as he stammered and tried to speak. But, soon the words came, �Jenny, it's me, Jason.� Crying out and catching Jason off guard, Jenny hugged her childhood friend.
As the weeks passed, with correspondence and his visits to Jenny�s college, their friendship became a deep love, and in the summer they were married, giving to one another their lifelong love and loyalty. Making love they became one. Their life together became synergistic, more than the sum of what they would have been alone.
1. The most joy or anguish in life is a result of our relationships with those around us T or F?
2. The true feelings you have for those around you are projected as they really are and not as you try to make them. Regardless of how hard you attempt to persuade people that you love them they'll never believe you unless you really do love them. T or F?
3. Responsive people attract others because they have empathy and genuinely care for others. Do you know someone like this? Explain: ___________________________________________________________
4. Resistant, in-the-box individuals are users who often treat others as objects. Do you know someone like this? Explain: ___________________________________________________________
5. Answer �T� for true or �F� for false.
__ Living an angry life is living an empty life.
__ Shut eyes stagger in the darkness.
__ Warring hearts grow faint.
__ Resistant people happily accept the truth.
__ You can discover what you want most in those around you.
___ Those who are resistant end up in the pits dug for others.
___ The more you for yourself, the more joy you'll find.
___ Validation is accepting the way they are and not trying to change them.
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Larry Lloyd founded the American Community Corrections Institute. ACCI sponsors a blog about criminal behavior and related issues.
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Example of Relationship Psychology from a Cognitive Restructuring Workbook
The following story & questions are an illustration of some text and curriculum that can be found in a Cognitive Restructuring Manualized Workbook.