Challenging negative thoughts for kids worksheet
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HappierTherapy
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The Happier Therapy editorial team is made up of Masters and PhD counselling psychologists. Each worksheet is created by a team member with exposure to and experience in the subject matter. The worksheet then gets reviewed by a more senior editorial member. This is someone with extensive knowledge of the subject matter and highly cited published material.
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What is the theory behind this Challenging negative thoughts for kids worksheet?
When we criticize our own selves and are focusing only on the negative sides of things then negative self talk occurs. Children who tend to give themselves pessimistic remarks cause greater damage to their mental health. Since negative self-talk causes hindrance for individuals in completing a task or achieving a goal, this starts working as a self fulfilling prophecy, further giving evidence of the things they say about themselves.
How will the worksheet help?
Through this worksheet, clients will be able to identify their thought patterns and also challenge them on the basis of real life past experience. This will help them in forming positive, more optimistic statements about themselves.
How to use this worksheet?
fill in the boxes with the negative statements you say and believe about yourself. Then with the help of the questions below find out how realistic are your thoughts and form more accurate positive statements..
