CHANGE YOUR THINKING – CHANGE YOUR LIFE
A Thought Record is a useful self-assessment to show how irrational or ineffective thoughts effect our mood, behavior, and physiological reactions to events in our lives. These thoughts (inner dialogue, memories and mental images) are often ‘automatic’ because they come into our minds so quickly we are not totally aware of them. By tracking these automatic thoughts, we can learn to dispute them with more rational and objective thoughts, which can improve our mood and responses.
This is the idea behind Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT); however, it is not enough to just think happy thoughts. It requires cognitive restructuring to clear out the clutter of unhelpful thoughts. Then specific problem solving skills as well as new actions and behaviors may need to be introduced.
The Thought Record PDF can help you:
Identify Irrational and Negative Thoughts
Highlight the thought–feeling–behavior sequence
Introduce more realistic thoughts
Change your negative responses to events.
Download the Thought Record linked below to your computer. Save to your computer, then open with Adobe Reader. You can then type, print and save your records as a PDF.
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