Alternative Action Formulation

Problems & difficulties Vulnerabilities

List all of the problems that you are having What makes you more likely to experience this problem than someone else?

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What made these problems so bad now?

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What do you do to cope with these problems? How do these strategies make you feel in the short-term, If your current solutions aren’t completely effective,

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Consider common CBT mechanisms: avoidance, cognitive bias,

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conditioning, rumination, safety behaviours, selective attention

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