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Free downloadable cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) worksheets, formulations, and self-help resources

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Belief-Driven CBT Formulation [+/-] Description Core-belief driven cross-sectional cognitive behavioural formulation. Illustrates the role of beliefs in the interpretation of a situation [+/-] Translations Can you help?	Compassionate Mind Formulation [+/-] Description Formulation to encourage thinking from a compassionate perspective. Includes worked example [+/-] Translations Can you help?		Cross Sectional CBT Formulation [+/-] Description Cross-sectional 'Hot Cross Bun' cognitive behavioural formulation [+/-] Translations Can you help?	Friendly Formulation [+/-] Description Simple 5 p's case formulation presented as a question: "How did 'the problem' develop?" [+/-] Translations Can you help?
Jacqueline Persons-Style Case Formulation [+/-] Description Case formulation diagram adapted from Jacqueline Persons' approach [+/-] Translations Can you help?	Judith Beck-Style Case Formulation [+/-] Description Case formulation diagram adapted from Judith Beck's approach [+/-] Translations Can you help?	Longitudinal Formulation [+/-] Description Longitudinal CBT case formulation (5 p's) with cross-sectional component (thoughts, feelings, behaviours, physical sensations) [+/-] Translations Can you help?	Longitudinal Formulation [+/-] Description Longitudinal CBT case formulation with cross-sectional component (thoughts, feelings, body sensations, responses) [+/-] Translations Can you help?	Schema Activation Formulation [+/-] Description Schema-driven formulation with additional worksheet explaining the formation and role of schemas [+/-] Translations Can you help?
Vicious Flower Formulation [+/-] Description Deceptively simple formulation encouraging a focus on maintenance cycles [+/-] Translations Can you help?

Thought records

CBT Thought Record [+/-] Description Record the situation, emotion and thought, then examine the evidence for and against the thought [+/-] Translations Can you help?		CBT Thought Record (Portrait) [+/-] Description Record the situation, emotion and thought, then examine the evidence for and against the thought [+/-] Translations Can you help?	Simple Thought Record [+/-] Description Simple illustrated three-column thought record [+/-] Translations Can you help?	Dysfunctional Thought Record [+/-] Description An REBT tool. Similar to a CBT thought record, but specifies the cognitive distortion instead of judging evidence for and against the thought [+/-] Translations Can you help?
Health Anxiety Thought Record [+/-] Description Thought record specific to health anxiety concerns [+/-] Translations Can you help?	Worry Thought Record [+/-] Description Record worries, predictions associated with worries, and evidence for and against the prediction [+/-] Translations Can you help?

Cognitive restructuring

ABC Belief Monitoring (Digital interactive PDF version) [+/-] Description An ABC worksheet encouraging you to rate the strength of the belief Submitted by Paul McQueen [+/-] Translations Can you help?	Behavioural Experiment Planning Worksheet [+/-] Description Form for planning and evaluating CBT behavioural experiments [+/-] Translations Can you help?	Hindsight Bias [+/-] Description Description of hindsight bias, a memory bias which can be problematic after trauma. Includes patient handouts and key therapist questions [+/-] Translations Can you help?	Hotspot Record [+/-] Description Useful during enhanced reliving / cognitive restructuring for trauma. Adapted from Grey, Young & Holmes (2002) [+/-] Translations Can you help?	Pie Chart [+/-] Description Includes descriptions of how pie charts can be used to modify beliefs around inflated responsibility, and for maladaptive beliefs in health anxiety [+/-] Translations Can you help?
Positive Belief Record [+/-] Description A worksheet for recording evidence that supports a positive belief about the self. Useful for core belief / schema change [+/-] Translations Can you help?	Theory A / Theory B Hypothesis A / Hypothesis B Dual Model Strategy [+/-] Description A method for reframing a problem as a result of belief or worry, rather than as a result of a situation/fact. Includes 2 different versions of the worksheet, and two worked examples illustrating how to use it [+/-] Translations Can you help?	Unhelpful Thinking Styles [+/-] Description Worksheet detailing 10 common unhelpful thinking styles / cognitive distortions [+/-] Translations Can you help?

Diaries / Data gathering

Daily Activity Diary [+/-] Description Basic activity diary [+/-] Translations Can you help?	Activity Diary with Enjoyment and Mastery Ratings [+/-] Description Activity diary useful for behavioural activation with depressed patients. Space for rating enjoyment and mastery of each activity [+/-] Translations Can you help?	Activity Diary - No Time Slots [+/-] Description Activity diary with blank columns for days [+/-] Translations Can you help?	Pain Diary [+/-] Description Record pain ratings. Use the diary to look for any patterns in how the pain changes over the course of the day, and week [+/-] Translations Can you help?	Panic Diary [+/-] Description Record panic attack frequency along with body sensations and negative thoughts [+/-] Translations Can you help?
Sleep Diary [+/-] Description Sleep diary with sections to be completed morning and evening [+/-] Translations Can you help?

Information sheets

Guidelines for Better Sleep [+/-] Description Originally designed for clients with PTSD, but applicable to anyone who needs information on sleep hygeine [+/-] Translations Can you help?	Hindsight Bias [+/-] Description Description of hindsight bias, a memory bias which can be problematic after trauma. Includes patient handouts and key therapist questions [+/-] Translations Can you help?	Intrusive Thoughts Brain Metaphor [+/-] Description A short story / metaphor explaining the persistence of intrusive thoughts Submitted by Kieran Fleck [+/-] Translations Can you help?	PTSD Film Projection Metaphor [+/-] Description A metaphor to help understand origin and treatment of flashbacks in PTSD [+/-] Translations Can you help?	PTSD Linen Cupboard Metaphor [+/-] Description Illustrated linen cupboard metaphor to explain PTSD treatment rationale to patients [+/-] Translations Can you help?
PTSD and Memory [+/-] Description Explanation of two important brain regions in PTSD: the amygdala and hippocampus [+/-] Translations Can you help?	Safety Behaviours [+/-] Description Short explanation about safety behaviours [+/-] Translations Can you help?	Stages of Change [+/-] Description An aid for motivational interviewing based upon the Prochaska & DiClemente model [+/-] Translations Can you help?	TEAR Model Of Grief [+/-] Description Four tasks of mourning suggested by Worden (1991) [+/-] Translations Can you help?	Thoughts and Depression [+/-] Description Simple explanation of cognitive bias in depression [+/-] Translations Can you help?
Thought Suppression [+/-] Description Information about thought suppression and the rebound effect [+/-] Translations Can you help?	Threat System / Fight or Flight [+/-] Description Graphical explanation of how the fight or flight system readies the body for action [+/-] Translations Can you help?	Unhelpful Thinking Styles [+/-] Description Worksheet detailing 10 common unhelpful thinking styles / cognitive distortions [+/-] Translations Can you help?	Values Worksheet [+/-] Description A worksheet to explore the concept of values from within an ACT framework [+/-] Translations Can you help?

Techniques / procedures

Useful tools

Behavioural Experiment Planning Worksheet [+/-] Description Form for planning and evaluating CBT behavioural experiments [+/-] Translations Can you help?	Checklist for better sleep [+/-] Description Tick-box approach for clients to assess how well they are setting the conditions for sleep [+/-] Translations Can you help?	Motivation and Ambivalence [+/-] Description Examine the advantages and disadvantages of changing and not-changing [+/-] Translations Can you help?	Problem Grid (Digital interactive PDF version) [+/-] Description A worksheet to look at a problem systematically from different perspectives Submitted by Paul McQueen [+/-] Translations Can you help?	Problem Solving [+/-] Description A structured problem solving worksheet which encourages solution-focused thinking [+/-] Translations Can you help?
Stop Think Breathe [+/-] Description Useful in anger management with both adults and children Submitted by Adele van der Merwe [+/-] Translations Can you help?	Things To Do List [+/-] Description Useful in teaching prioritising and time management skills Submitted by Adele van der Merwe [+/-] Translations Can you help?	Thermometer VAS Scale (Digital interactive PDF version) [+/-] Description A thermometer VAS scale to quantify and rate intensity. Useful for exposure work Submitted by Paul McQueen [+/-] Translations Can you help?

Forgiveness tools

Unforgiveness hook metaphor [+/-] Description A great metaphor suggested by Stephen Hayes about the dilemma of forgiveness [+/-] Translations Can you help?

Forgiveness Is [+/-] Description Definition of forgiveness [+/-] Translations Can you help?

Forgiveness Quotes [+/-] Description Helpful quotations for teaching about forgiveness [+/-] Translations Can you help?

Forgiveness Methods [+/-] Description Ways of forgiving, including discussion of misconceptions which can present blocks to forgiveness [+/-] Translations Can you help?

Formulations for specific disorders

Body Dysmorphic Disorder Formulation [+/-] Description Cognitive formulation for BDD [+/-] Translations Can you help?	Delusions Formulation [+/-] Description Cognitive formulation of delusions [+/-] Translations Can you help?	Panic Formulation 1 [+/-] Description Simple vicious cycle for panic [+/-] Translations Can you help?	Panic Formulation 2 [+/-] Description Vicious cycle for panic, with space to formulate with clients [+/-] Translations Can you help?	Understanding PTSD [+/-] Description A generic formulation diagram to help clients understand how PTSD develops and is maintained [+/-] Translations Can you help?
PTSD Formulation - Ehlers & Clark [+/-] Description A cognitive formulation of PTSD adapted from Ehlers & Clark (2000) cognitive model [+/-] Translations Can you help?

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