CPT Challenging Beliefs Worksheet

1. Identify the beliefs that you would like to change

2. Write down automatic thoughts that come to mind when you think about the beliefs.

3. Write how intense these automatic thoughts are and the influence they have on your behavior

4. Give evidence for the automatic thought

5. Challenge the automatic thoughts by giving evidence against them

6. Write down alternative thoughts for your beliefs. Make them balanced

7. Rewrite your beliefs based on the alternate thoughts

8. Write how these revised beliefs influence your emotions

9. How do these revised beliefs influence your behavior?

References

1. Changing Beliefs about Trauma: A Qualitative Study of Cognitive Processing Therapy   

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