CBT: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy tools & skills for anxiety, depression & motivation
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“Supposing a tree fell down, Pooh, when we were underneath it?”
“Supposing it didn’t,” said Pooh after careful thought.
Piglet was comforted by this.
—A.A. Milne
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My life has been full of terrible misfortunes, most of which never happened.
—Michel de Montaigne
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It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.
—Arthur Conan Doyle
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There is nothing either good or bad
but thinking makes it so.
—Hamlet
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Don’t believe everything that you think.
—Allan Lokos
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Hard times
ain't gonna rule my mind
no more
—Gillian Welch
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The cognitive behavioral model
Guide for Exploring Questions Worksheet
Alternative Thoughts Worksheet
Simplified Alternative Thoughts Worksheet
Feared-outcome 4-step contemplation
3-step practice for coping with overwhelm
8 cognitive distortions & their antidotes
Cognitive distortions, all on one page
Thought record · Thought log w/ example
Book: Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts
What could happen vs what will happen
Activity schedule (w/ values-based action)
Alternative weekly schedule for behavioral activation
Exposure · Exposure tracking log
Creating an exposure hierarchy
Panic symptoms, thoughts, medical reality