Enhancing Cognitive Restructuring Skills — Session 4

Overview

Attendance Taking, Homework Review, and Completion of A/P Sheets

Answering Questions on Homework Assignments

Collection of Relaxation Log, A/P Sheet, and Any Other Assignments Not Needed Later in the Session

New Material on Relaxation—Elimination of Tensing

Categorizing ATs Using Homework ATs and List of Cognitive Distortions

Introduction of Ellis’s ABCDE Paradigm for Cognitive Restructuring

Group Practice of Cognitive Restructuring Skills

Homework Assignments

Feedback to Therapists

Personal Reminder Form

Materials Needed:

• 1 A/P sheet (Appendix 6)

• 2 Relaxation Practice Log (Appendix 8)

• 3 Cognitive Distortions (Appendix 13)

• 4 ABCDE paradigm (Figures 1, 2, and 3)

• 5 Dispute Handles (Appendix 14)

• 6 Homework Sheet for Cognitive Restructuring (Appendix 15)

• 7 Homework Assignment sheet

• 8 Personal Reminder Form (Appendix 10)