ABSTRACT
Positive data logs help the client to collect information over the coming weeks and months to support her new adaptive belief and counteract her tendency to focus only on information that confirms her maladaptive beliefs; in other words, to correct her faulty information processing style. A major difficulty in collecting positive information is the reflex of the old core belief to discredit or discount any information that contradicts it. Padesky likens this habitual response to holding a prejudice against oneself or others. When clients have little or no conviction in their new adaptive beliefs, it very difficult for them to extract any positive information from their daily experiences; therefore, the therapist needs to alert in every session to help her clients find schema-supporting information, for them to open-minded than closed-minded in processing information which support their new beliefs.
