Reappraisal (changing the meaning we give to experiences) has been repeatedly shown to be one of the most effective ways we have to regulate our emotions.  It's one of the star components of effective emotion-regulation, coping-skill toolkits ... and it's important to realise that these toolkits can be very helpful (De Castella, 2017).  Reappraisal is important across a variety of difficult states ... depression (Cheng, 2017), anxiety (Goldin, 2017), anger, interpersonal conflict, minor hassles (Richardson, 2017), and major life difficulties.

“ God guard me from the thoughts men think in the mind alone.  He that sings a lasting song, thinks in a marrow bone. ” - W. B. Yeats

Here are a series of forms that I use almost every session with clients, or for screening and orientation at the start of therapy:

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Here are a series of forms that I use almost every session with clients, or for screening and orientation at the start of therapy:

“ Sapere aude! Dare to use your own intelligence! This is the battle cry of the Enlightenment. ” - Immanuel Kant

Here are a series of forms that I use almost every session with clients, or for screening and orientation at the start of therapy: