This blog has over 100 free downloadable CBT worksheets and handouts – these are proven fast fun and effective cognitive behavioural therapy and training resources, used by mental health professionals worldwide, and as guided self help by individuals – with over a 1.3 million views and 100s of thousands of downloads. Continue reading
The CBT of the ‘Two Wolves’ philosophy
This post introduces how we can use the native American Indian ‘Two Wolves Within Us’ legend as a visual exercise to challenge and change negative automatic thinking styles to calm rational thinking styles instead. Continue reading
Exploring rigid inflexible Must Should and Ought beliefs in CBT
This CBT handout explains the Dr Albert Ellis theory of irrational Should Must and Ought rigid inflexible beliefs – and how to change them with CBT journalling and new slef-talk. Continue reading
Examples of Classical / Pavlovian Conditioning
This post is a simple introduction to the psychology of Classical / Pavlovian Conditioning – including examples. Continue reading
Albert Ellis style self-talk mantras for anxiety
A CBT handout of Albert Ellis style self talk mantras for anxiety – pick and mix, choose your favourites… Continue reading
An CBT ABCD-NC thought reframe example:
A CBT worksheet introducing the ABCD-NC model with images and examples – designed to help you to build cognitive behavioural therapy skills to manage how you think and feel and behave. Continue reading
Understanding and regulating your emotional responses with CBT
An introduction to emotional dysregulation and self-regulation tips with CBT Continue reading
The Depression Thinking Checklist
What are you thinking? How are you explaining the world to yourself? Have you ‘gone dark’? There are many reasons for us to view the world through a gloomy grey lens – life can be very stressful for many of us – and of course we are going to respond to negative events with a … Continue reading
New – one hour zoom seminars for the workplace
View a CBT zoom seminar for workplace personal development training newsletter… Continue reading
Regulate and centre yourself with Controlled Breathing and Naming Five Things…
This is a CBT blog post introducing breathing techniques coupled with anchoring and ‘being present’ skills of ‘naming five things’… Continue reading
Low Frustration Tolerance CBT Imagery Guides
For CBT Therapists and Engaged Learners: Check out these Low Frustration Tolerance (LFT) bad thinking habit examples (that give bad outcomes!) – and see how they can help you map your own LFT bad habits – to build awareness and self regulation as part of your CBT toolbox… and reframe to a high frustration tolerance … Continue reading
The Self Sabotaging Behaviour CBT checklist:
We humans often unknowingly sabotage ourselves with irrational choices and bad habits, be it excessive drinking, mindless eating, or procrastination. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) can help recognize and regulate these habits that hinder our life. The content discusses using CBT and self-monitoring tools (like journalling) to consciously establish better habits, step-by-step, leading to improved physical, cognitive, and emotional outcomes. Continue reading
Mental health: these songs are proven to reduce stress
Extract from weforum.org : by Douglas Broom Senior Writer, Formative Content “Top of the tracks list which decreased levels of the stress hormone ‘cortisol’ in the 20 participants of a scientific study: ‘Weightless’ by Macaroni Union, which was commissioned by Radox Spa, achieved a relaxation score of 73%, nearly 11 percentage points higher than any of … Continue reading
CBT handout: journalling intro / examples
This CBT blog post introduces you to journalling examples and tips – guiding you with simple models that introduce how to identify thoughts that cause feelings and behaviour. Continue reading
The CBT of dating and being ghosted
A quick CBT mapping model for self sabotaging when dating / being ghosted. Continue reading
The CBT of Paper Tigers and your trippy nervous system / anxiety.
Understand the physicality of your anxiety with this CBT post and handout which introduces the cognitive science of a dysregulated nervous system – and the science of anxiety and how to build a tool box to understand and manage it with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy handouts and worksheets. Continue reading
The CBT anxiety mapping imagery guide
This post shows a simple mapping of anxiety through in imagery table – helping you to understand and manage stressors with CBT techniques… Continue reading
The CBT awareness imagery models
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Training imagery modelling. Continue reading
CBT and the top ‘bad thinking habits’
This cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) post / handout shows the top 10 bad thinking habits, with examples, through chunky emoji imagery… It includes CBT self help techniques to challenge and reframe self talk, and a downloadable version in PDF format. Continue reading
Mantras – the CBT self-talk toolbox
This CBT handout introduces mantras and visualisation to change self talk. Continue reading
A CBT mini workbook for social anxiety
Social anxiety, characterized by an intense, exaggerated, emotional and physical fear of social situations, is primarily caused by a trippy nervous system plus the mind’s interpretation of these situations as threatening, which then triggers a stress response. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) presents a solution by teaching individuals to regulate their reactions to perceived threats. Through awareness, self-regulation, and rational thinking, CBT can modify how individuals perceive and respond to social situations, alleviating the symptoms of social anxiety. It is essential to note that persistent physical symptoms may require medical intervention.
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A CBT reframe for job interview anxiety
A 2 page CBT handout: to reframe job interview anxiety self-talk Continue reading
Snapshot Psychology Models for self-awareness and self-regulation:
A short list of psychology models and descriptions (specifically for awareness and self management / evidence based work)… Continue reading
Super Simple CBT models – think/feel/behave
A super simple CBT handout showing examples of simplistic negative thoughts that cause feelings and behaviour. Continue reading
Beware the Simmering State of Anger
Are you angry all the time? That’s a form of anxiety, it is likely a stress-disorder issue that you can learn to understand and manage. When stress is a disorder, it can heighten and dramatize our experiences, often causing us to live in anger mode as our default state. Low, moderate, or high. This can … Continue reading
A CBT look at the Mean Girls Bullying of Exclusion
This is a CBT blog post with an extensive examination of examples of adult bullying through (mean girls) exclusion – with tips on how to understand and manage the situation through cognitive behavioural therapy. Continue reading