Appendix XII

Thought Evaluation Sheets

Alternative Thoughts

Date Situation Emotion(s) Negative automatic Alternative Outcome

thoughts and/or thoughts/images
images (NATs)

Where were you? What did you feel How strongly do you What are your new 1. Re-rate NAT
Who was there? at the time? How believe the thought? balanced thoughts 2. Re-rate
What were you strongly did you (0–10) and/or images? How emotions
doing? When? feel it? (0–10) strongly do you believe (0–10)
them? (0–10)

 CBT for Beginners, Second Edition by Jane Simmons and Rachel Griffiths (2014, SAGE)
 Evidence For and Against

Date Situation Emotion(s) Thought(s) and/or Evidence for the Evidence against the Alternative (balanced)
image(s) thought thought thought(s)
Where were you? What did you feel How strongly do you What direct evidence do What direct evidence do Rate how strongly you
Who was there? at the time? How believe the thought? you have to support it? you have against it? believe this alternative
What were you doing? strongly did you (0–10) (0–10)
When? feel it? (0–10)

 CBT for Beginners, Second Edition by Jane Simmons and Rachel Griffiths (2014, SAGE)
 OCD

Date Situation Emotion(s) Intrusive thought(s)/ Appraisal of intrusive Alternative thoughts Outcome
image(s) thought/image (NAT) about intrusive thought

What are your new

Where were you? What did you feel What went through your What did you think balanced thoughts/ 1. Re-rate NAT
Who was there? at the time? How mind? about having had the images? How strongly 2. Re-rate emotions
What were you doing? strongly did you intrusive thought? How do you believe them?
When? feel it? (0–10) strongly did you believe (0–10)?
it? (0–10)

 CBT for Beginners, Second Edition by Jane Simmons and Rachel Griffiths (2014, SAGE)
 Thinking Biases

Date Situation Emotion(s) Negative Automatic Thinking bias Alternativethoughts/ Outcome

Thoughts and/or images
images

Where were you? What did you feel How strongly do you Does the thought seem What are your new 1. Re-rate NAT
Who was there? at the time? How believe the thought? to fit into any of the balanced thoughts and/ 2. Re-rate emotions
What were you doing? strongly did you (0–10) thinkingbias categories? orimages? How strongly
When? feel it? (0–10) (see thinking bias sheet) do you believe them?
(0–10)

 CBT for Beginners, Second Edition by Jane Simmons and Rachel Griffiths (2014, SAGE)