Thought record CBT 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 the Thought record CBT worksheet?
Thought recording in CBT is an important element of this therapy because the sole purpose of this therapy is to identify and target negative thoughts and change them into healthy ones with the help of cognitive restructuring. But for that, thoughts must be identified and one should have insight about it.
How will this worksheet help you?
This worksheet consists of the most common negative thoughts or automatic beliefs that people usually have. You can easily find out your negative thoughts or beliefs and you can also add your own if you don’t find them in the checklist. It will help you in acknowledging your negative beliefs and thoughts and you can easily move toward the important part of therapy that is cognitive restructuring.
How to use this worksheet?
This worksheet can be completed anytime. Either in session or when you are at your home. Just simply read the items and try to relate with it, if you think that this is your negative thought, just mark “yes” if you find it unrelated, mark “no”. Share it with your therapist for feedback and work toward restructuring your thoughts.
You can download this worksheet here.
