Thought Changing Card Kit for People Who are Anxious

Created by Lawrence E. Shapiro, Ph.D. This kit is intended to help clients control their anxiety, and address the common emotional and social problems that accompany anxiety disorders. The kit contains 50 cards that show cognitive distortions on one side, and rational responses and positive behavioural activities on the other.

Cognitive behaviour modification has been called the gold standard of treatment for most emotional and behavioural disorders. This card deck has been created to assist in the treatment of anxious clients, offering a variety of clinically proven techniques that can help alleviate symptoms of anxiety.

These cards will be most effective used in the context of a comprehensive treatment plan, which could include systematic desensitisation, support therapy, group therapy, social skills training, medication, and other techniques.

Designed to help individuals:

• Identify the automatic thoughts that trigger and reinforce their anxiety
• develop rational responses to rebut these dysfunctional thoughts
• develop behaviours that disprove their belief in, and reliance on dysfunctional automatic thoughts

Includes 50 cards and instructions for ages: 12 and up.