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From Cognitive Therapy of Anxiety Disorders: Science and Practice by David A. Clark and Aaron T. Beck. Copyright
2010 by The Guilford Press. Permission to photocopy this appendix is granted to purchasers of this book for personal
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aPPENDIX 5.6 (page 2 of 2)

Identifying Anxious Thinking Errors

Name: Date:

Instructions: With the handout entitled “Common Errors and biases in Anxiety” as your reference,
use the form below to write down examples of your own thinking errors that occur when you feel
anxious. Please focus on how you are thinking when you are in anxious situations or anticipating
the situation. Also focus on your most immediate apprehensive thoughts rather than any secondary
reconsideration of the situation.

Thinking Error Examples of My Own anxious Thinking Errors

Catastrophizing

Jumping to conclusions

Tunnel vision

Nearsightedness

Emotional reasoning

All-or-nothing thinking