COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY SELF-HELP WORKSHEET
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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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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a psychological treatment that helps you change the way you think and act. It has a profound impact on our health and well-being.
One of the main objectives of CBT is to help people learn about their psychological problems. This approach makes you become more aware of the problem and gives you the comfort of knowing that you are not alone.
What Are The Theories Behind This Worksheet?
The theory behind CBT suggests that our thoughts, emotions, and actions are all interconnected. If we change one of these, we alter the others.
Many studies have found that self-directed CBT can be very effective as people have shown to maintain their progress over time.
One of the goals of CBT is to help people learn skills they can use on their own as a form of self-treatment for mental and physical well-being.
How Will This Worksheet Help You?
CBT has been demonstrated to be effective in dealing with a range of mental problems that include:
- Depression
- Anxiety Disorders
- Alcohol & Dug use problems
- Eating Disorders
- Severe Mental Illness
- Marital Problems et al.
This worksheet will help you develop coping skills, whereby, you can notice and change your thinking, problematic emotions, and behaviour.
How Should You Use This Worksheet?
This worksheet will require you to be in a calm state of mind where you are in touch with your thoughts and emotions.
You will then provide answers to the questions below and reflect on them.
You can use this worksheet as your self-evaluation kit or your daily journal intake.
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References
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Anxiety Canada. (© 2022). Self Help – Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). Available at: https://www.anxietycanada.com/articles/self-help-cognitive-behavioural-therapy-cbt/. [Accessed on: October 19, 2022]
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National Alliance on Mental Illness. (© 2022). Discovering New Options: Self-Help Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Available at: https://www.nami.org/Blogs/NAMI-Blog/November-2016/Discovering-New-Options-Self-Help-Cognitive-Behav. [Accessed on: October 19, 2022]
