CBT Triangle Worksheet Overview
The Cognitive Triangle is a classic exercise from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Use it to break down an emotional experience into the situation you were facing, your thoughts (words or images that went through your head), feelings (emotions), and behaviors (what you did or had an urge to do).
This worksheet includes CBT triangle examples as well as a blank version to fill out yourself.
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Additional Free CBT Triangle Worksheets
Below you’ll find an additional worksheet summarizing the CBT Triangle worksheet.
CBT Triangle Blank Template
A streamlined version of the CBT Triangle with fewer instructions and examples, so therapists have the flexibility to guide clients through the exercise as they prefer.
CBT Triangle - Blank Template This is a simple blank template version of our CBT triangle worksheet designed for therapists to use with clients.
CBT Triangle Landscape
This worksheet presents the CBT triangle in a landscape layout, providing additional space for therapists and users.
CBT Triangle (Landscape)
This is a landscape version of our CBT triangle worksheet. Use it to break down an emotional experience into the situation you were facing, your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
CBT Triangle Expanded
The Expanded worksheet allows users to explore how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors continue to affect each other over time.
CBT Triangle Expanded
The CBT triangle helps us understand how our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors affect each other. Use this worksheet to review and understand how they affect one another.
CBT Triangle Expanded Blank Template
A streamlined version of the Expanded worksheet with fewer instructions and examples, so therapists have the flexibility to guide clients through the exercise as they prefer.
CBT Triangle Expanded (Blank Template)
This is a blank template version of our expanded CBT triangle worksheet with examples and explanations removed.
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