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Clinical articles, worksheet guides, and practice tips for CBT therapists.
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Hot Cross Bun vs Five Areas Model in CBT
The hot cross bun maps one moment; the Five Areas model adds life situation, relationships and practical problems. How they differ and when to use each.
Safety Behaviours in CBT: Identify and Drop Them
Safety behaviours stop clients learning their fears are unfounded. How to spot them in panic, social and health anxiety, and drop them with experiments.
Emotion Focused Formulation (CCC): A Practical Guide
How to build an Emotion Focused Formulation, also called a CCC formulation: horrible feelings, coping cycles, ways out and a worked example.
How to Use a Thought Record (Without Losing Your Client)
A step-by-step guide to using a 7-column thought record in CBT — how to teach it, find the hot thought, weigh the evidence, and the common mistakes that put clients off. With an interactive worksheet.
Clark's Cognitive Model of Panic, Explained
Clark's cognitive model of panic, explained for therapists: the vicious cycle of bodily sensations and catastrophic misinterpretation, what maintains it, and how to treat it — with a worksheet.
The Complete Guide to CBT Case Formulation
A practical, model-faithful guide to CBT case formulation for UK therapists — the 5 Areas and 5 Ps frameworks, the disorder-specific models, and how to build a formulation collaboratively.
BABCP Accreditation: The Complete UK Guide
A practical guide to BABCP accreditation for UK CBT therapists — the routes, the KSA criteria, what you need to evidence, the CTS-R, and how to build your portfolio. Written from inside the journey.
PHQ-9 and GAD-7 Scoring: A Practical Guide for Therapists
How to score and interpret the PHQ-9 and GAD-7: severity bands, clinical cut-offs, the NHS Talking Therapies (IAPT) recovery and reliable-change metrics, and how to track outcomes.