Trauma & Grounding

Cognitive Processing Therapy Worksheet

Test a trauma-shaped belief against the evidence.

Cognitive Processing Therapy Worksheet

What it is

Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) Worksheet is a structured trauma-focused CBT tool for identifying and challenging "stuck points" (distorted beliefs about safety, trust, control, esteem, or intimacy).

Why it works

Trauma often generates overgeneralized beliefs ("I can never trust anyone again", "I should have known"). Systematic challenging helps distinguish between realistic lessons and distorted stuck points:

Interactive Shift

CPT Stuck Point Shift

Unhelpful Cognitive LoopTrauma Stuck Point

It happened because I am fundamentally defective and unsafe.

Practicing with Camic

Camic guides you through completing CPT challenging-questions worksheets to reframe stuck points safely.

Applied in real situations

Sources

Resick, P.A., Monson, C.M., & Chard, K.M. (2016). Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD: A Comprehensive Manual. Guilford Press. Resick, P.A. et al. (2002). A comparison of cognitive-processing therapy with prolonged exposure and a waiting condition for PTSD. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 70(4), 867–879. CPT is a VA/DoD and APA-recommended first-line PTSD treatment.