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Catastrophizing

9 techniques · 6 approaches
CBT
Cognitive Restructuring
Cognitive Restructuring
A core CBT technique and the center of cognitive work. The therapist helps the client catch an automatic negative thought, examine its logic…
CBT
Decatastrophizing
Decatastrophizing
Work with catastrophizing by following the feared scenario through to the end. The therapist does not deny that something bad could happen; …
CBT
Socratic Questioning
Socratic Questioning
The skill of asking questions instead of giving advice. The therapist does not say, "your thought is wrong," but helps the client reach a mo…
CFT
Compassionate Reappraisal
Compassionate Reappraisal
An adaptation of cognitive restructuring in CFT, carried out from the position of the compassionate self. Unlike standard CBT disputation, c…
DBT
Check the Facts
Check the Facts
A technique for distinguishing whether the intensity and the kind of an emotion fit the actual situation. If they do not — Opposite Action i…
DBT
Non-judgmentally
Non-judgmentally
Building the capacity to see facts without moral labels: not "I am terrible" but "I was late"; not "this is a catastrophe" but "this happene…
Frankl
Self-Distancing through Humour
Self-Distancing through Humour
Humor is one of the modes of self-distancing — the human capacity to look at oneself from the outside. When the client can laugh at their sy…
Gestalt
Monodrama
Monodrama
The client plays all the roles in a scenario, fantasy, or dream. If a dream contains a door, a wolf, and a corridor — the client becomes eac…
REBT
Anti-Awfulizing / De-Catastrophizing
Anti-Awfulizing / De-Catastrophizing
A specialized form of disputing aimed at the belief "this is awful" (awfulizing). Ellis argued that "awful" logically means "worse than 100%…
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