I have never heard of CBT being described as a visual process. It has always be a word thought process in my understanding. I can not visualize since 2001. My ability to create mind pictures went from a rotatable 3D image to at best a single dimension linear picture.

To me, apathy has been recognizing an issue or thought and disregarding its value for continued thought. Sounds like MBSR. IMO

andy said, Apathy = pushing thought away, trying not to think about it.

This sounds more like denial to me. But, it is andy's opinion, not her statement of fact. Just as my impression is just that, my impression or opinion or experience.

apathy to me had been, Thought xyz comes to mind. My response is I don't care about xyz.