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Dissociation can be described as a shift of a person’s attention away from the present moment. When working with traumatized clients, this shift oft . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/grounding-techniques-menu
Cognitive distortions (or ‘unhelpful thinking styles’) are ways that our thoughts become biased. Different cognitive biases are associated with di . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/cognitive-distortions-unhelpful-thinking-styles-extended
Everyone experiences interpersonal hurts, such as acts of omission (e.g., being neglected) and acts of commission (e.g., intentional or unintentional . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/forgiveness
The fight or flight response is an automatic physiological reaction to an event that is perceived as stressful or frightening. The perception of threa . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/fight-or-flight-response
Everyone experiences hurts and transgressions. When an offence occurs, people often react with anger, fear, or sadness. When these responses persist, . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/unforgiveness
Cognitive distortions (or ‘unhelpful thinking styles’) are ways that our thoughts become biased. Different cognitive biases are associated with di . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/cognitive-distortions-unhelpful-thinking-styles-common
Communicating and acting assertively is an interpersonal skill that helps people to maintain healthy relationships, resolve interpersonal conflict, an . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/assertive-communication
The window of tolerance concept was coined by Dan Siegel in his 1999 book The Developing Mind. Siegel proposes that everyone has a range of intensitie . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/window-of-tolerance
A therapy blueprint is CBT tool which summarizes the work a therapist and patient have completed together. It represents the past (the problems, what . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/therapy-blueprint-universal
Meaningful activity is value-driven. This ACT-informed worksheet explores the key domains of values and encourages clients to reflect upon what is imp . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/values
Intolerance of uncertainty (IU) was first described in individuals suffering from Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD). Many behaviors associated with G . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/embracing-uncertainty
Schema therapy posits that psychological difficulties stem from early maladaptive schemas (EMS) and clients’ characteristic responses to them, refer . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/social-isolation
Values are the “principles for living” that capture what matters most to people. Elucidating values can serve many therapeutic functions, includin . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/choosing-your-values
CBT Thought Records exist in multiple variants, depending on the needs and abilities of the client. This Thought Record (Evidence For And Against) is . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/thought-record-evidence-for-and-against
Schema therapy posits that psychological difficulties stem from early maladaptive schemas (EMS) and clients’ characteristic responses to them, refer . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/subjugation
Individuals who have experienced trama often find it difficult to stay within the 'window of tolerance'. Grounding techniques (which can be sensory/pe . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/grounding-techniques
Schema therapy posits that psychological difficulties stem from early maladaptive schemas (EMS) and clients’ characteristic responses to them, refer . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/insufficient-self-control
Uncertainty is a normal part of life – we can never be 100% sure about what will happen next. Many people feel good about uncertainty and live lives . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/intolerance-of-uncertainty
Psychology Tools For Developing Self-Compassion is an audio collection which guides clients through an empirically-supported programme of compassionat . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/psychology-tools-for-developing-self-compassion-audio-collection
Cognitive behavioral models of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) suggest that it is the client’s interpretation of normal intrusive thoughts, imag . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/obsessive-compulsive-disorder-ocd-formulation
Guilt is a common post-traumatic reaction and is often the result of cognitive bias. This CBT worksheet explores common cognitive biases that have bee . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/before-i-blame-myself-and-feel-guilty
Cognitive restructuring is an evidence-based intervention that involves identifying, evaluating, and modifying maladaptive cognitions, including negat . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/prompts-for-challenging-your-negative-thinking
At the heart of Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) is an evolutionary model of human motivational systems. Developed by Paul Gilbert it is a helpful len . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/motivational-systems-emotional-regulation-systems
Human beings actively try to understand their world and what happens to them. However, these understanding can be inaccurate or unhelpful. Worse, unhe . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/theorya-theoryb
Being able to communicate assertively is an essential skill for developing and maintaining healthy relationships and positive self-esteem. Individuals . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/assertive-responses
Unmet emotional needs can give rise to early maladaptive schemas, and other forms of maladaptive coping. This Unmet Emotional Needs handout forms part . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/unmet-emotional-needs
NOTE: Two improved versions of this resource are available here: Cognitive Distortions – Unhelpful Thinking Styles (Common) and Cognitive Disto . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/unhelpful-thinking-styles-archived
Worry is a cognitive process that involves thinking about problems that might happen in a way that causes anxiety. Not all worry is problematic – we . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/worry-flowchart
Case conceptualizations (formulations) help therapists and clients come to a shared understanding of a problem. This Cross Sectional Formulation explo . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/cross-sectional-formulation
Helping clients to choose which activities to target during behavioral activation (BA) can be accomplished in a variety of ways: activity monitoring c . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/activity-menu
Cognitive restructuring is an evidence-based intervention that involves identifying, evaluating, and modifying maladaptive cognitions, including negat . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/examining-your-negative-thoughts
This Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Formulation is designed for use in trauma-focused cognitive therapy for PTSD (CT-PTSD): an empirically supp . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/ptsd-formulation
Fennell’s cognitive behavioral model of low self-esteem proposes that negative beliefs about the self are maintained by biased information processin . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/low-self-esteem-formulation
The Psychology Tools For Relaxation Audio Collection is designed to help anyone experiencing stress or heightened physiological arousal. The audio col . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/psychology-tools-for-relaxation-audio-collection
Thinking is often biased in particular ways and individuals often have their own characteristic patterns of bias. The Thought Distortion Monitoring Re . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/thought-distortion-monitoring-record
Using Behavioral Activation To Overcome Depression is a guide written for clients who are currently depressed. It provides clear information about dep . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/using-behavioral-activation-to-overcome-depression
Trauma can result in a wide variety of symptoms, experiences, and behaviors. As well as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), prevalence rates of oth . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/how-trauma-can-affect-you-cyp
Many clients find it helpful to recognize the range of actions that are motivated by different emotional states. This worksheet encourages clients to . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/emotions-motivate-actions
Behavioral experiments allow individuals to test the validity of their beliefs and assumptions. They are a core experiential technique for therapeutic . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/behavioral-experiment-portrait-format
Behavioral activation (BA) is an effective treatment for depression. Different behavioral activation protocols include a variety of treatment componen . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/behavioral-activation-activity-diary
People suffering from social anxiety disorder (previously known as social phobia) experience persistent fear or anxiety concerning social or performan . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/social-anxiety-formulation
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is fundamentally concerned with the meanings which people make of their experiences. The insight of the CBT model i . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/what-is-cbt-worksheet-handout
Progressive relaxation training originated in the 1930’s as a treatment for tension and anxiety. Edmund Jacobsen developed a systematic and lengthy . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/progressive-muscle-relaxation
Schema therapy posits that psychological difficulties stem from early maladaptive schemas (EMS) and clients’ characteristic responses to them, refer . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/mistrust-abuse
Fair fighting is a collection of rules that individuals can use to manage conflict effectively, so that it is ‘fair’ and works towards a resolutio . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/fair-fighting-rules-for-resolving-conflict
Human beings are programmed to respond automatically in a variety of ways to a threat including freezing, escaping, and dissociation. Traumatized indi . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/responses-to-threat-freeze-appease-flight-fight
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) describes three levels of cognition – automatic thoughts, assumptions, and core beliefs – which are influenced . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/how-your-past-affects-your-present-cbt
Schema therapy posits that psychological difficulties stem from early maladaptive schemas (EMS) and clients’ characteristic responses to them, refer . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/punitiveness
Health anxiety is characterized by a preoccupation with having or acquiring a serious illness, and a high level of anxiety about health. People with h . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/health-anxiety-formulation
Mastery Of Your Anxiety And Worry comes in two volumes. This page is for the Workbook. Click on the following link to access the accompanying Therapis . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/mastery-of-your-anxiety-and-worry-workbook
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Many people find it hard to label their emotional states or reactions. This information handout provides a list of emotions, categorizing them as basi . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/emotions
Worry postponement ("worry time") is often prescribed as an exploratory or standalone intervention relatively early in the treatment of GAD, but . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/worry-postponement
Developing self-monitoring skills teaches clients to systematically observe and record specific targets such as their own thoughts, body feelings, emo . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/anxiety-self-monitoring-record
Values: Connecting To What Matters is a practical self-help guide which introduces the reader to a cornerstone of acceptance and commitment therapy (A . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/values-connecting-to-what-matters-full-guide
Practising Relaxed Breathing serves to reduce physiological arousal and can be an excellent grounding technique. This client information handout descr . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/relaxed-breathing
The “What Keeps It Going?” series is a set of one-page diagrams explaining how common mental health conditions are maintained. Friendly and concis . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/what-keeps-generalized-anxiety-and-worry-going
Schema therapy posits that psychological difficulties stem from early maladaptive schemas (EMS) and peoples’ characteristic responses to them, refer . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/what-are-schemas
Some sleep experts recommend that sleep hygiene issues be attended to as one component of treatment for poor sleep. This sleep hygiene information wor . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/guidelines-for-better-sleep
Values are the “principles for living” that capture what matters most to people. Elucidating values can serve many therapeutic functions, such as . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/valued-domains
The aim of a formulation is to help the client and therapist to come to a shared understanding of what a client is experiencing. The Panic Formulation . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/panic-formulation
Self-monitoring of thoughts, feelings and symptoms is an essential skill for clients engaged in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Clients will find . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/ocd-diary
Schema therapy posits that psychological difficulties stem from early maladaptive schemas (EMS) and clients’ characteristic responses to them, refer . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/pessimism
Schema therapy posits that psychological difficulties stem from early maladaptive schemas (EMS) and clients’ characteristic responses to them, refer . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/abandonment
The Fear Ladder is a tool for exploring and ranking the contexts or situations in which a client experiences fear. It is designed to help the client a . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/fear-ladder
The Self-Blame information handout forms part of the cognitive distortions series, designed to help clients and therapists to work more effectively wi . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/self-blame
Exposure And Response Prevention (ERP, EX/RP) is an effective treatment for obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). This CBT worksheet guides therapists . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/exposure-and-response-prevention
Schema therapy posits that psychological difficulties stem from early maladaptive schemas (EMS) and clients’ characteristic responses to them, refer . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/coping-styles-and-responses-schema-therapy
Catastrophic thinking (magnification) is characteristic of many anxiety problems. This CBT worksheet for decatastrophizing is a tool for cognitive res . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/decatastrophizing
Our ‘Understanding…’ series is a collection of psychoeducation guides for common mental health conditions. Friendly and explanatory, they are co . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/understanding-generalized-anxiety-and-worry
Traumatic events are shocking and it is normal to feel overwhelmed. Not everybody reacts in the same way though and there is no ‘right’ way to res . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/reactions-to-trauma
The Evaluating Unhelpful Automatic Thoughts guide is written for clients who struggle with negative automatic thoughts. It provides a comprehensive in . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/evaluating-unhelpful-automatic-thoughts
Thought challenging records are commonly used in CBT to help people to evaluate their negative automatic thoughts for accuracy and bias. This Compassi . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/compassionate-thought-challenging-record
The “What Keeps It Going?” series is a set of one-page diagrams explaining how common mental health conditions are maintained. Friendly and concis . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/what-keeps-depression-going
Self-monitoring of thoughts, feelings, and symptoms is an essential skill in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). This Simple Thought Record is an exce . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/simple-thought-record
Behavioral experiments are planned experiential activities to test the validity of a belief. They are one of the most powerful techniques available to . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/behavioral-experiment
The Habituation information sheets are designed to help clinicians to explain the concept of habituation and its role in exposure therapy. The handout . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/habituation
Rumination and repetitive thought is a transdiagnostic maintenance process underpinning a range of difficulties. This information sheet explores the c . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/what-is-rumination
Intrusive Thoughts, Images, And Impulses that are experienced as distressing are a feature of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). They are also a com . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/intrusive-thoughts-images-and-impulses
Schema therapy posits that psychological difficulties stem from early maladaptive schemas (EMS) and clients’ characteristic responses to them, refer . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/failure-to-achieve
Case conceptualizations (formulations) help therapists and clients come to a shared understanding of a problem. This longitudinal case formulation wor . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/longitudinal-formulation-2
The Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders (Second Edition) comes in two volumes. This page is for the Client Workbook. . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/unified-protocol-for-transdiagnostic-treatment-of-emotional-disorders-second-edition-client-workbook
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Mastery Of Your Anxiety And Panic comes in two volumes. This page is for the Workbook. Click on the following link to access the accompanying Therapis . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/mastery-of-your-anxiety-and-panic-workbook
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The Psychology Tools For Mindfulness Audio Collection is the perfect way to introduce your clients to the practice of mindfulness. Developed by a clin . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/psychology-tools-for-mindfulness-audio-collection
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) describes three levels of cognition: automatic thoughts, assumptions, and core beliefs. While CBT therapists do not . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/uncovering-your-deeper-beliefs
The Pie Chart - Responsibility exercise is designed to guide clients through the process of clarifying and re-evaluating their responsibility for nega . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/pie-chart-responsibility
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is an effective treatment for a wide variety of mental and physical health conditions. This information handout des . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/overview-of-cbt
Worrying is a form of thinking about the future, defined as thinking about future events in a way that leaves you feeling anxious or apprehensive. Cli . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/what-is-worry
Case conceptualizations (formulations) help therapists and clients come to a shared understanding of a problem. This simple CBT formulation worksheet . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/friendly-formulation
The "What Keeps It Going?" series is a set of one-page diagrams explaining how common mental health conditions are maintained. Friendly and concise, t . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/what-keeps-obsessive-compulsive-disorder-ocd-going
Schema therapy posits that many longstanding psychological difficulties stem from unmet core emotional needs, the early maladaptive schemas (EMS) they . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/how-your-past-affects-your-present-schema-therapy
Schema therapy posits that psychological difficulties stem from early maladaptive schemas (EMS) and clients’ characteristic responses to them, refer . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/emotional-deprivation
The CBT Appraisal Model worksheet is a transdiagnostic formulation tool. The centrality of appraisals underpins all of the disorder-specific cognitive . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/cbt-appraisal-model
Our ‘Understanding…’ series is a collection of psychoeducation guides for common mental health conditions. Friendly and explanatory, they are . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/understanding-obsessive-compulsive-disorder-ocd
The Types Of Dissociation information handout is designed for clients who have experienced trauma and describes dissociation using accessible terminol . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/types-of-dissociation
Our ‘Understanding…’ series is a collection of psychoeducation guides for common mental health conditions. Friendly and explanatory, they are co . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/understanding-low-self-esteem
The CBT Thought Record is an essential tool in cognitive behavioral therapy. Thought challenging records help people to evaluate their negative automa . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/cbt-thought-record-portrait
Behavioral activation (BA) is a structured psychotherapeutic approach effective for a range of disorders, including depression (Ekers et al., 2014), a . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/changing-avoidance-behavioral-activation
Important properties of trauma memories include involuntary recall, 'nowness', vividness, and immutability. People who have experienced trauma report . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/properties-of-trauma-memories
Some sleep experts recommend that sleep hygiene issues be attended to as one component of treatment for poor sleep. This sleep hygiene worksheet is in . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/checklist-for-better-sleep
Low self-esteem is characterized as a negative sense of the self and co-occurs with many other mental health problems. Although not formally represent . https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/cognitive-behavioral-model-of-low-self-esteem-fennell-1997
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Kessels, R. P. C. (2003). Patients’ memory for medical information. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 96, 219-222.
