I means core care don’t respect worth caring

CBT Technique	_{Downward arrow technique - core beliefs (a tool to help uncover the belief systems that influence behavior and mood):} _{1. Write down a thought that has been bothering you.} _{2. Ask yourself “What does this mean about me?”} _{3. Keep going until you get to the underlying core belief.} _{For example:} _{My thought: My friend was rude to me when she blurted out a secret I had told her.} _{What does this mean about me? It means that she doesn’t care about me.} _{What does that mean about me? It means that she isn’t really my friend.} _{What does that mean about me? It means that I don’t have good friends that respect and care about me properly.} _{What does that mean about me? It means that there is something wrong with me where people don’t respect or care about me?} _{What does that mean about me? I am not worth caring about or respecting.} _{Core belief: I am not worth caring about.}

CBT Technique

_{Downward arrow technique - core beliefs (a tool to help uncover the belief systems that influence behavior and mood):}

_{1. Write down a thought that has been bothering you.}

_{2. Ask yourself “What does this mean about me?”}

_{3. Keep going until you get to the underlying core belief.}

_{For example:}

_{My thought: My friend was rude to me when she blurted out a secret I had told her.}

_{What does this mean about me? It means that she doesn’t care about me.}

_{What does that mean about me? It means that she isn’t really my friend.}

_{What does that mean about me? It means that I don’t have good friends that respect and care about me properly.}

_{What does that mean about me? It means that there is something wrong with me where people don’t respect or care about me?}

_{What does that mean about me? I am not worth caring about or respecting.}

_{Core belief: I am not worth caring about.}

Tags: cbt, cbt_techniques

Learn with these flashcards. Click next, previous, or up to navigate to more flashcards for this subject.