Are you looking for a printable all about me worksheet for adults or teens? Here is a PDF template that you can download and print. It includes 36 questions and is printable and editable. Download our All About Me Worksheet All About Me Worksheet for Adults PDF How to use this worksheet You can answer…
Jumping to conclusions is a cognitive distortion, or a faulty pattern of thought, in which a person makes unhelpful assumptions that are not supported by evidence. These “jumps” are leaps into the unknown. Jumping to conclusions is a particularly common cognitive distortion because we all must draw conclusions based on partial or incomplete information. Therefore,…
Blaming is a cognitive distortion, or a faulty thought pattern, that causes a person to wrongly assign the responsibility of a negative outcome either to oneself or another. This cognitive distortion occurs when one wrongly blames another for one’s own actions, or when one wrongly assumes responsibility for others’ actions. Examples of blaming others Often,…
The CBT triangle (or cognitive triangle) is a model for illustrating the relationship between thoughts, behaviors, and emotions. This model acts as a map for understanding the relationship between these three points (thoughts, behaviors, and emotions), and how we can make changes to habits of thought and behavior to help us feel better. This model…
Overgeneralization is a cognitive distortion, or a faulty thought pattern, that causes a person to generalize the outcome of one or several negative events to all similar events. It is the error of drawing a big conclusion from a small sample. We all have to make assumptions based on incomplete information. Otherwise, we couldn’t function…
Online counseling (and online therapy) is the practice of providing outpatient psychotherapy services remotely through the use of an online platform. In this article we will trace key points of the history of online counseling from the founding of the discipline of psychotherapy in the 19th century to the present day. 1890-1910: Origins of psychotherapy…
William Shakespeare is recognized as one of the greatest dramatists in world history, and much of this praise is due to his uncanny understanding of human nature, which he uses to color the personalities throughout his works. While his accomplishments have been lauded for centuries, there is at least one major Shakespearean innovation that may…
Mental filtering (or negative filtering) is a cognitive distortion, or a faulty thought pattern, that causes a person to ‘filter’ out positive events and focus on negative ones. Mental filtering occurs when we discard our pleasant memories and the emotions attached to them, and only keep the bad ones. Think about a sand sifter on…
For the destruction of understanding is a pestilence, much more indeed than any such corruption and change of this atmosphere which surrounds us. Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Book IX Stoicism introduced to the world the idea that perception is reality. But Stoics did not forget that reality is reality, too, and that we all should strive…
Mindfulness meditation is the practice of focusing your attention to a neutral source, such as your breath, and then refocusing that attention when your mind inevitably wanders. It’s a simple concept, but it can be a frustrating experience if you don’t know what to expect. In this article, I’ll explain the way I teach mindfulness…
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