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Summary: Summary • People can have millions of automatic cognitive distortions. Addressing each one may not be possible. • Becoming aware of thought patterns, their function, their usefulness and alternatives underlies MCT. • MCT moves from addressing the content of thoughts (What is being thought?) to the function of those thoughts (Why are the thoughts occurring and are they helpful?