ABSTRACT
One of the central ideas behind Cognitive Behaviour Therapy is that there is a relationship between our thoughts and our emotional state. Sometimes patients may note that their mood has changed and be able to identify what they were thinking about, but it may not seem immediately apparent that the thought patient have identified is particularly unhelpful or negative. It is important that patient complete the thought and feelings diary as close as is possible to the low point in patient’s mood. When patient notice that patient are feeling low, try to trace back to what patient were thinking about just before patients mood changed. Using the thought and feelings diary, write down the situation that patient were in when patients mood changed, and then note down the thought that patient have identified. The idea is that patient repeats this until patient identifies some underlying negative thoughts.
