Cognitive Therapy of Anxiety Disorders

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Cognitive Therapy of Anxiety Disorders: Scienc

e and Practice

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aPPENDIX 6.2

Testing Anxious Appraisals: Looking for Evidence

Name:

Date:

1. b

riefly state the anxious thought or appraisal:

2.

State how likely this outcome feels to you when you are most anxious f

rom 0% (won’t happen ) to 100% (certain):

%

3.

State how serious the outcome feels to you when you’re anxious f

rom 0 (not serious) to 100 (a catastrophe):

%

Evidence for the Anxious Thought or Appraisal

Evidence against the Anxious Thought or Appraisal

1.

1.

2.

2.

3.

3.

4.

4.

5.

5.

6.

6.

* Use additional pages to list evidence for and against.4.

State how likely this outcome appears after looking at the evidence from 0

% (won’t happen ) to 100% (certain):

%

5.

State how serious the outcome appears after looking at the eviden

ce from 0 (not serious) to 100 (a catastrophe):

%