The Positive Qualities Record is a worksheet designed to help clients recognise their strengths and positive qualities, promote self-acceptance, and strengthen positive core beliefs.
Offers theory, guidance, and prompts for mental health professionals. Downloads are in Fillable PDF format where appropriate.
Includes client-friendly guidance. Downloads are in Fillable PDF format where appropriate.
Negative beliefs and attentional biases can obscure the recognition of personal strengths and achievements. This worksheet guides clients in documenting their positive attributes, helping to combat distorted self-perceptions. Through daily recording and reflection, clients work towards correcting information processing biases and building positive beliefs about themselves. The Positive Qualities Record aligns with therapeutic goals by encouraging a more balanced self-view.
The Positive Qualities Record helps clients accept and appreciate their positive attributes.
Characterized by negative self-beliefs and attention biases.
Where selective attention to negative aspects dominates.
By focusing on positive achievements rather than shortcomings.
Help clients identify some initial positive qualities to monitor.
Record when a positive quality is demonstrated.
Encourage clients to detail actions highlighting positive attributes.
Identify the qualities exhibited in each recorded experience.
Review entries to reinforce recognition and appreciation.
Core beliefs influence attention and memory. Negative core beliefs can lead to an emphasis on negative experiences and discounting positive attributes (Beck, 2011). Positive data logging aims to correct these biases by encouraging clients to actively identify and record positive self-referred experiences. This task, although seemingly simple, can be challenging due to ingrained negative schemas. Therapists play a crucial role in guiding clients through this process, overcoming attentional biases, and reinforcing positive core beliefs through consistent practice and reflection.
