Flashbacks - Self-Monitoring Record
The Flashbacks - Self-Monitoring Record is a structured tool designed to collect valuable information about how clients experience flashbacks.
Flashbacks - Self-Monitoring Record
Many of us will experience trauma at some point in our lives. With time, most people move on from these experiences without needing professional help. However, the effects of trauma can sometimes last much longer and may develop into post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Flashbacks are strong, unwanted memories of things that have happened to you. They can occur in any of your senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste), and can make you feel like the event is happening again in the present moment.
One way to learn more about your flashbacks is to use a self-monitoring record. It’s like a diary that helps you notice when flashbacks occur and identify important patterns and triggers.
Complete this record whenever you experience a flashback or as your therapist has instructed.
Overview
Developing self-monitoring skills teaches clients to systematically observe and record specific targets such as their own thoughts, body feelings, emotions, and behaviors. Though it’s usually introduced early in the therapy process, it can continue to provide an inexpensive and constant measure of problem symptoms and behaviors throughout treatment. The Flashbacks - Self-Monitoring Record worksheet is designed to help clients capture information about flashbacks and unwanted memories which they experience.
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