Second reflective journal guide PSY4310 Counselling Psychology
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy with yourself
In this exercise, you will be asked to practicing Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) on
yourself. You are required to follow the tutorial exercises provided to work on an issue of
your own.
Here is a guideline.
0. Preparation
*Please read this guide thoroughly first and then decide whether this exercise is suitable
for you.
Please find a place you can feel comfortable and safe for this exercise.
1. Set goal
Find a recurrent issue that you would like to work on.
2. Develop awareness through thought record forms
Using the thought record form provided in the tutorial to record at least two recent
incidents that related to the issues. Try to identify the cognitive distortions involved in.
3. Evaluation
Using at least one of the evaluation skills introduced to evaluate the automatic thoughts
involved in.
4. Develop responses and try it out
Try to develop all 5 ways to response and then pick 1 to 2 into practice
5. Evaluate the results and Write up a reflection.
Reflect on your learning journey on CBT, including your experience as the person and as
the counsellor in this exercise. Write up a reflective journal with at least 300 words. You
can write in the language you prefer. Please submit a AI translated version along with
your original version if you are using languages other than English.
The deadline of the submission of the reflective journal is 20/3/2026 23:59