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Program: ______________________________ Date/Time: _________________________

Facilitator: ______________________________

CBT Introduction, Cognitive Restructuring & Positive Psychology

Conditions

 The greater core counselor conditions applied by every participant as well as the group
facilitator:
 Time limits on speaking time

Part 1: CBT

A. Psychoeducation

 CBT introduction
 Cognitive restructuring
 “Thinking mistakes,” is a lay term for cognitive distortions, biases and logical fallacies.
 Examples of thinking mistakes
o Overgeneralization
o Availability heuristic
o Attentional bias
o Confirmation bias
o Personalization
o Catastrophizing
o Magnifying
o Minimalizing
o Mind-reading
o Emotional reasoning
o Self-serving bias

B. Exercises

1. Participants give one example of each of the discussed thinking mistakes?

o Overgeneralization: _________________________________________________

o Availability heuristic: ________________________________________________

o Attentional bias: ____________________________________________________

o Confirmation bias: __________________________________________________

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o Personalization: ____________________________________________________

o Catastrophizing: ____________________________________________________

o Magnifying: _______________________________________________________

o Minimalizing: ______________________________________________________

o Mind-reading: _____________________________________________________

o Emotional reasoning: ________________________________________________

o Self-serving bias: ___________________________________________________

2. [Give Handout] Participants give ten examples of a mistaken thought and a more
reasonable response to the mistaken thought.

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C. Psychoeducation

 CBT Toolbox (Jeff Riggenbach, 2013)

o Tool 8
o Tool 9
o Tool 10
o Tool 14
o Tool 16
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o Tool 18
o Tool 19
o Tool 20

Part 2: Positive Psychology

A. Psychoeducation
 Positive self-talk
 Gratitude
 Forgiveness

B. Exercises:

1. Participants give five examples of things you are grateful for.

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 Think of one person you can forgive but you haven’t. Someone who did something that
you think you would be able to forgive. Someone you can forgive and still feel okay
about yourself. This can include yourself.

 Forgiving yourself is sometimes the most powerful thing you can do for yourself.