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Core Beliefs Worksheet

Customize this worksheet to fit your client, then export a clean, print-ready PDF for your session.
  • Downloads as a print-ready PDF
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How the worksheet builder works

Three quick steps, plus a note on privacy.

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  1. Pick a template

    Browse evidence-based worksheets by clinical focus area and open one to load it into the editor.

  2. Customize it

    Edit the prompts, add client and session details, and format the text however your work needs.

  3. Download the PDF

    Export a clean, print-ready worksheet to bring into session - no account required.

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Core Beliefs Worksheet

Identify and challenge deep-seated beliefs about self, others, and the world

30-45 min, intermediate

Description

A CBT worksheet for surfacing the core beliefs that drive automatic thoughts and emotional patterns. Clients trace recurring thoughts down to their roots, examine the evidence, and begin building more balanced alternative beliefs.

How and why to use this worksheet

Use this worksheet after clients are comfortable with thought records. By examining the evidence for and against a core belief and constructing a balanced alternative, clients weaken long-standing negative beliefs about themselves, others, and the world.

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