Cognitive Behavioral Model
A practical CBT worksheet that helps clients understand and explore the interplay between their thoughts, feelings, body sensations, and behaviors.
Cognitive Behavioral Model
Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) suggests that difficult feelings don’t come directly from what happens to us, but from our thoughts or ‘interpretations’ of these experiences. Our thoughts and feelings can also influence our actions, shaping how we respond to events.
By breaking down difficult experiences into their core components – thoughts, emotions, body sensations, behaviours, and context – you can start to see how these elements interact.
This Cognitive Behavioral Model does exactly that. It can give you insights your difficulties and responses to events, and help you identify areas where you can make meaningful changes.
Overview
The Cognitive Behavioral Model worksheet provides a clear, descriptive formulation tool designed to introduce clients to core CBT concepts. Based on Beck’s cognitive theory, it focuses on the ‘here and now’ by helping clients identify and link triggering events to their cognitive, emotional, physiological, and behavioral responses.
This ‘here and now’ formulation supports early-stage therapeutic work by helping clients make sense of their experiences, understand maintaining processes, and identify potential areas for change. It facilitates collaborative exploration while providing a clear structure for guiding case conceptualisation and intervention planning.
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