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Cognitive: Behavioural Therapy

This document outlines a Socratic questioning framework for challenging negative or unhelpful thoughts. It provides 13 questions to help identify evidence for and against the thought, consider alternative perspectives and interpretations, and determine if the thought is fact-based or influenced by biases or assumptions. Answering these types of questions can help evaluate thoughts that may be causing harm and determine if they accurately reflect reality or just habitual ways of thinking.

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Cognitive: Behavioural Therapy

This document outlines a Socratic questioning framework for challenging negative or unhelpful thoughts. It provides 13 questions to help identify evidence for and against the thought, consider alternative perspectives and interpretations, and determine if the thought is fact-based or influenced by biases or assumptions. Answering these types of questions can help evaluate thoughts that may be causing harm and determine if they accurately reflect reality or just habitual ways of thinking.

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C O G N I T I V E

B E H AV I O U R A L T H E R A P Y
P R A C T I T I O N E R C O U R S E

S O C R AT I C
QUESTIONS
FRAMEWORK
SOCRATIC QUESTIONS FRAMEWORK
Our thoughts are like a running dialogue in our brain. They come and go so quickly that often
it seems like we don’t have time to question them. However, as our thoughts determine how
we feel, and how we act, it is crucial that we challenge any thoughts that cause us harm.
Consider a recurring negative thought that you’re currently experiencing in life. Then take
a few minutes to answer each of the following questions, and record thorough responses.
Elaborate, and explain ‘why’ or ‘why not’ in each answer.

Thought to be questioned:

1. What is the evidence for your thought?

2. What is the evidence against your thought?

3. Who is in control of this thought?

4. Are you basing this thought of facts or feelings?

5. Is this thought black and white when the reality is more complicated?

6. Could you be misinterpreting the evidence?


SOCRATIC QUESTIONS FRAMEWORK

7. Are you making any assumptions? What are they?

8. Might other people have different interpretations of the same situation? What are they?

9. Are you looking at all the evidence or just that which supports your thought?

10. Could your thought be an exaggeration of what’s true?

11. Are you having this thought out of habit or do the facts support it?

12. Did someone pass this thought/belief to you? If so, are they a reliable source?

13. Is your thought a likely scenario, or is it the worst-case scenario?

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