Core term · Aaron Beck

The Cognitive Triad

The three dark lenses of depression — a bleak view of oneself, of the world, and of the future — that color everything they touch.

Areas of life
Depressionmotivation

Why it matters

Explains depressive thinking patterns.

How to handle it

Challenge each part: self, situation, future.

Who shaped this idea

The thinker behind it

From concept to practice

Turn The Cognitive Triad into a question you can answer.

Psipas asks you one small, honest question at a time — and builds the picture from your answers.