CBT Thought Diary

To work with the application, you need to learn the “Triple-column technique“ from the book by David D. Burns “Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy“.

The app is not official!

American psychiatrist David D. Burns, working in the field of cognitive psychology, developed a method “triple-column technique“. This method, in combination with other methods described in his books, helps people how to get out of depression and increase their level of happiness.

CBT thought diary app allows you to work with the “Triple-column technique“ directly on your device. Thanks to him, you can more quickly, give a rational answer to automatic thoughts.

Having started working on the book of David D. Burns, I discovered for myself the effectiveness of this method. I began to notice cognitive distortions in my thoughts, only a pen and paper were far from always at hand, and sometimes their use was not appropriate. So I decided to write an application for myself. It was further developed so that you would have the opportunity to use it.

App Features:

👉 Convenient and clear interface

👉 A pin code will protect your CBT thought diary free

👉 Depression test app free

👉 Brief description of concepts

👉 Reminder notification

👉 Cognitive behavioral therapy free

Automatic thoughts

Automatic negative thoughts are the result of disturbances in the process of cognition. Fleeting appraisal thoughts that arise as a person’s reaction to certain circumstances and are not the result of reflection, inference, not necessarily based on evidence, but usually accepted by him for truth. CBT therapy free app.

Cognitive distortions

They are easily detected when analyzing “automatic thoughts”. People tend to create their own “subjective social reality”, depending on their perception, and this subjective reality can determine their behavior in society. Thus, cognitive distortions can lead to inaccurate judgments, illogical interpretations, or irrationality in behavior in the broad sense of the word. CBT thought record diary.

Rational response

This is the main step in changing your mood. After a careful study of automatic thought, identified violations in the process of perception, it is necessary to give a "rational response." It must be logical in order to show all the lies and absurdity of automatic thoughts. Make sure that your “rational response” is convincing, realistic and you believe in your refutation. Use CBT thought diary free.

Cognitive behavioral therapy app

Cognitive behavioral therapy, based on the assumption that the basis of psychological problems, and sometimes mental disorders of a person, are thinking errors, and aimed at changing illogical or inappropriate thoughts and beliefs of a person, as well as dysfunctional stereotypes of his thinking and perception. CBT app free.

Depression test offline

The Burns Depression Checklist (BDC) is a rating scale for depression copyrighted by Burns. The 1984 version was a 15-question survey; the 1996 revision is a 25-question survey. Each question is answered on a scale from 0 to 4, and the result is assigned to one of six levels of depression.