Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Worksheets, Handouts, And Self-Help Resources
Critical Illness Intensive Care And Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Free Guide
Living With Worry And Anxiety Amidst Global Uncertainty
Free Guide
Understanding Generalized Anxiety And Worry
Guide
Understanding Panic
Guide
Understanding Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Guide
Understanding Social Anxiety
Guide
ABC Model
Worksheet
Activity Diary (Hourly Time Intervals)
Worksheet
Activity Diary (No Time Intervals)
Worksheet
Activity Menu
Information Handout
Activity Planning
Worksheet
Activity Selection
Exercise
Alternative Action Formulation
Worksheet
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
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
Information Handout
Before I Blame Myself And Feel Guilty
Exercise
Behavioral Activation Activity Diary
Worksheet
Behavioral Activation Activity Planning Diary
Worksheet
Behavioral Experiment
Worksheet
Behavioral Experiment (Portrait Format)
Worksheet
Belief Driven Formulation
Worksheet
Belief-O-Meter (CYP)
Worksheet
Catching Your Thoughts (CYP)
Worksheet
CBT Appraisal Model
Worksheet
CBT Daily Activity Diary With Enjoyment And Mastery Ratings
Worksheet
CBT Thought Record
Worksheet
CBT Thought Record Portrait
Worksheet
CFT Compassion Formulation
Worksheet
Challenging Your Negative Thinking
Guide
Checking Certainty And Doubt
Exercise
Checklist For Better Sleep
Exercise
Classical Conditioning
Information Handout
Coercive Methods For Enforcing Compliance
Exercise
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Anorexia Nervosa (Fairburn, Cooper, Shafran, 2003)
Information Handout
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD: Veale, 2004)
Information Handout
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Bulimia Nervosa (Fairburn, Cooper, Shafran, 2003)
Information Handout
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Fear Of Body Sensations
Information Handout
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD: Dugas, Gagnon, Ladouceur, Freeston, 1998)
Information Handout
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Health Anxiety (Salkovskis, Warwick, Deale, 2003)
Information Handout
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Intolerance Of Uncertainty (Herbert, Dugas, 2019)
Worksheet
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Low Self-Esteem (Fennell, 1997)
Information Handout
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD: Salkovskis, Forrester, Richards, 1998)
Worksheet
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Panic (Clark, 1986)
Information Handout
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Persistent Postural-Perceptual Dizziness (PPPD: Whalley, Cane, 2017)
Information Handout
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD: Ehlers, Clark, 2000)
Information Handout
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Social Phobia (Clark, Wells, 1995)
Information Handout
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of The Relapse Process (Larimer, Palmer, Marlatt, 1999)
Information Handout
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Tinnitus (McKenna, Handscombe, Hoare, Hall, 2014)
Information Handout
Cognitive Case Formulation
Worksheet
Compassionate Thought Challenging Record
Worksheet
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
Dissociation Record
Worksheet
Drawing Your Feelings (CYP)
Worksheet
Dysfunctional Thought Record
Worksheet
Embracing Uncertainty
Exercise
EMDR Cognitions
Information Handout
EMDR Protocol (Standard)
Worksheet
EMDR Protocol (With Interweave Guidance)
Worksheet
Emotion Focused Formulation
Worksheet
Emotions
Information Handout
Emotions Motivate Actions
Information Handout
Exercise For Mental Health
Information Handout
Exploring Problems Using A Cross Sectional Model
Worksheet
Exploring Problems Using An A-B-C 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.
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. Exercises are tasks that you can try with your patients in-session, or tasks that your patients can complete outside session. Popular 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. 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.