Therapy Homework 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 Therapy Homework Worksheet?
Homework assignments are an integral part of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy that are used to reinforce and extend the strategies learned in the clinical settings to practical life. It is important that clients are consistent with completing these homework assignments for CBT to be successful for their concerned issues. The type of homework assigned can depend on the patients preferences and needs.
How will the worksheet help?
This worksheet is based on an important part of CBT homework assignments that is identification of automatic negative thoughts that arise after any unpleasant situation and significantly impact one’s subsequent thoughts and actions. Targeting and replacing these negative thoughts is at the core of any CBT treatment.
How to use the worksheet?
Instruct the client to first write the unpleasant situation or event that has occurred. Followed by what emotions they were feeling at the time and their intensity. Lastly they must list down all the immediate thoughts that run in their heads whether positive or negative and also give them a rating based on how much they believe in it.