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Symptom Tracker

Track and monitor key symptoms over one month using this resource.

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Psychology Tools resource: Symptom Tracker

Symptom Tracker

Emotional difficulties are often accompanied by specific symptoms. These symptoms might include:

  • Physical sensations (e.g., tiredness, nausea).
  • Behaviors (e.g., self-harm, binge-eating).
  • Emotions (e.g., hopeless, anger).
  • Specific thoughts (e.g., nightmares, flashbacks).

You can use this Symptom Tracker is a tool to monitor aspects of your experience that are related to your difficulties. This information can help you better understand your problems, guide your treatment, and monitor the progress you make.

Overview

Self-monitoring of thoughts, feelings, and symptoms is an essential skill in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). This generic symptom tracker helps clients to monitor the presence or absence of symptoms over the course of a month.

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Support therapeutic work between sessions.

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Send the tool securely to your client.

Client completes

Your client works through it on any device, at their own pace.

Review

Review their responses before the next session.

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