Therapy Resources For Professionals: CBT Worksheets, Handouts, And Audio Packs
CBT Appraisal Model
Worksheet
Psychology Tools For Living Well
eBook
Psychology Tools For Overcoming Panic
eBook
Psychology Tools For Overcoming PTSD Audio Collection
Audio Collection
Psychology Tools For Relaxation Audio Collection
Audio Collection
Transdiagnostic Processes
Information Handout
A Guide To Emotions (Psychology Tools For Living Well)
Chapter
ABC Belief Monitoring
Worksheet
Activity Diary
Worksheet
Activity Diary (No Time Slots)
Worksheet
Activity Planning
Worksheet
Activity Selection
Exercise
Alternative Action Formulation
Worksheet
An Introduction To CBT (Psychology Tools For Living Well)
Chapter
Anger Decision Sheet
Exercise
Anger Diary
Worksheet
Anger Self-Monitoring Record
Worksheet
Anger Thought Challenging Record
Worksheet
Anger Thought Monitoring Record
Worksheet
Anxiety Self-Monitoring Record
Worksheet
Approach Instead Of Avoiding (Psychology Tools For Overcoming Panic)
Chapter
Assertive Communication
Information Handout
Assertive Responses
Exercise
Autonomic Nervous System
Information Handout
Avoidance Hierarchy
Exercise
Balance
Information Handout
Barriers Abusers Overcome In Order To Abuse
Exercise
Before I Blame Myself And Feel Guilty
Exercise
Behavioral Experiment
Worksheet
Behaviors In Panic (Psychology Tools For Overcoming Panic)
Chapter
Belief Driven Formulation
Worksheet
Belief-O-Meter (CYP)
Worksheet
Body Sensations In Panic (Psychology Tools For Overcoming Panic)
Chapter
Breathing To Calm The Body Sensations Of Panic (Psychology Tools For Overcoming Panic)
Chapter
Catching Your Thoughts (CYP)
Worksheet
CBT Daily Activity Diary
Worksheet
CBT Daily Activity Diary With Enjoyment And Mastery Ratings
Worksheet
CBT Daily Activity Diary With No Time Slots
Worksheet
CBT Thought Record
Worksheet
CBT Thought Record Portrait
Worksheet
Challenging Your Negative Thinking
Guide
Checking Certainty And Doubt
Exercise
Checklist For Better Sleep
Information Handout
Classical Conditioning
Information Handout
Coercive Methods For Enforcing Compliance
Exercise
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Anorexia Nervosa (2003)
Information Handout
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) (2004)
Information Handout
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Bulimia Nervosa (2003)
Information Handout
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Fear Of Bodily Sensations (2018)
Information Handout
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) (1998)
Information Handout
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Health Anxiety (2003)
Information Handout
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Health Anxiety (2018)
Information Handout
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (1998)
Worksheet
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Panic (1986)
Information Handout
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Persistent Postural-Perceptual Dizziness (PPPD) (2017)
Information Handout
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) (2000)
Information Handout
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of The Relapse Process (1999)
Information Handout
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Tinnitus (2014)
Information Handout
Cognitive Case Formulation
Worksheet
Combined Relaxation Exercise (Audio)
Audio
Compassionate Thought Challenging Record
Worksheet
Consensus Sleep Diary
Worksheet
Coping With Body Sensations (Psychology Tools For Overcoming Panic)
Chapter
Core Belief Magnet Metaphor
Information Handout
Court Trial Thought Challenging Record
Worksheet
Cross Sectional Formulation
Worksheet
Daily Monitoring Form
Worksheet
Daily Record of Dysfunctional Thoughts
Worksheet
Decatastrophizing
Exercise
Developing Psychological Flexibility
Information Handout
Drawing Your Feelings (CYP)
Worksheet
Dysfunctional Thought Record
Worksheet
EMDR Cognitions
Information Handout
EMDR Protocol (Standard)
Worksheet
EMDR Protocol (With Interweave Guidance)
Worksheet
Emotion Focused Formulation
Worksheet
Emotions
Information Handout
Emotions In Panic (Psychology Tools For Overcoming Panic)
Chapter
Emotions Motivate Actions
Information Handout
Exploring Problems Using A Cross Sectional Model
Worksheet
What Kinds of Resources Are Available on This Page?
CBT Worksheets
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is an evidence-based form of psychological therapy. This means that a CBT therapist and their patient need to gather information about experiences and reactions including the thoughts, feelings, body sensations, behaviors that happen in and out of session. Collecting this information in written form is helpful because it externalizes our experience and makes information less prone to bias than information that is just ‘in our heads.’ CBT therapists and their patients will use data: from examining the validity and helpfulness of thoughts to looking for patterns in behavior. CBT worksheets are forms that are designed to be filled in. CBT worksheets can be used in many different ways including:
- forms that your patient uses to gather data outside sessions, such as a thought monitoring record or an activity diary;
- forms that you and your patients complete together in-session such as a case formulation diagram; and
- forms that you and your patients start in-session and complete outside session such as a behavioral experiment worksheet or a positive belief log.
CBT Exercises
“If you always do what you’ve always done then you’ll always get what you’ve always got.”
CBT is a ‘doing therapy’ as much as a ‘talking therapy.’ This means that key therapeutic interventions are exercises that introduce a new way of thinking, acting, and, ultimately, feeling. CBT exercises are tasks that you can try with your patients in-session, or tasks that your patients can complete outside session. Popular cognitive behavioral exercises include diaphragmatic breathing, interoceptive exposure, and worry postponement.
Information Handouts
A core feature of many cognitive models is the focus on (mis)appraisals that people make concerning an event or stimulus. For example, people who panic misinterpret benign body sensations as indicating potential catastrophe, and people who experience symptoms of psychosis misinterpret anomalous experiences as being externally generated. One way of working therapeutically with interpretations is to offer corrective information that our patients did not have before. CBT information handouts are helpful when your patients have a knowledge deficit, or when it may be helpful to normalize an experience. Psychology Tools information handouts are concise, accurate, and informative one-page introductions to a topic.
Guides
A fundamental principle of CBT is that we are teaching our patients skills in a manner that means they will be able to remember and apply them flexibly in their lives. Time-limited treatments mean that clinicians often have to compromise between teaching fewer skills in-depth or more skills with less coverage. Psychology Tools guides are an effective way of helping your patients to confidently implement the skills that you teach. Guides help your patients to review all of the essential background to a topic and then lead them through the practical steps needed to implement a skill.
Audio Therapy Resources
Psychology Tools therapeutic audio resources have been developed and professionally recorded by experienced clinical psychologists. Prescribe them as stand-alone interventions or integrate them into your clinical practice.