156 professional CBT resources
A formulation based on Clark and Wells' cognitive model of social anxiety — mapping self-focused attention, the observer-perspective self-image, and safety behaviours.
A formulation based on Wells' metacognitive model of GAD — mapping the role of positive and negative beliefs about worry in maintaining the worry cycle.
Learn to distinguish between practical worries (that you can act on) and hypothetical worries (that are about "what if") to respond differently to each.
Compare your internal self-image with how you actually appear on video to challenge distorted self-perception in social anxiety.
Identify the distorted observer-perspective self-image that drives social anxiety — the "felt sense" of how you appear to others.
Track worries as they occur, classify them, practise postponing hypothetical worries to a designated worry period, and record outcomes.
Monitor and challenge the post-mortem rumination that follows social situations — a key maintenance factor in social anxiety.
Identify and challenge positive beliefs about worrying — the beliefs that keep you worrying because you think it helps.
Compare the effects of self-focused attention vs external focus during social situations to test whether self-focus makes anxiety worse.
Identify and challenge negative beliefs about worry — the beliefs that worry is uncontrollable or dangerous.
Track Attention Training Technique (ATT) practice sessions with focus ratings and observations.
Track detached mindfulness practice — learning to observe thoughts and worries without engaging with or trying to control them.