Cognitive behavioral therapy is based on the idea that undesired behavior can be changed by changing maladaptive thoughts. Negative maladaptive thoughts include: “reading” the minds of others incorrectly, overgeneralizing, increasing negatives or catastrophizing. These types of thinking are termed cognitive distortions. Many of the children we work with have cognitive distortions, misperceive social cues, are incorrect when they “read” the minds of others, or perseverate on n