Reframing is a strategy that people can use, either on their own or in therapy, to help adjust their mindset. It often involves focusing on more positive thoughts, but it can also be centered on changing excessively high expectations to be more realistic.
Cognitive restructuring, or cognitive reframing, is a process used in therapy and mental health coaching that helps clients discover, challenge, and modify or replace their negative, irrational thoughts — also called cognitive distortions (Clark, 2013).