ABSTRACT
There is primary and secondary process in psychoanalysis. The cognit ive behaviorists, like Beck, for example , have a way of putting it that I l ike a little better. It is a little more systematic in the sense that it is not a good or bad thought; it's a discr iminat ive stimulus and what fo l lows is not useful. That determines that it's a nonuseful thought. But again, there are things that are good and bad about your th inking processes.
