Cognitive Therapy of Anxiety Disorders

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From

Cognitive Therapy of Anxiety Disorders: Scienc

e and Practice

by David A. Clark and Aaron T. Beck. Copy

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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):

%
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