Developing Your Arsenal Against Your Automatic Negative Thoughts

1.    Identify dysfunctional beliefs.

2.    Cultivate cognitive counter attacks against dysfunctional beliefs.

3.    List active alternate behaviors.

4.    Learn to predict situations that trigger unhelpful beliefs.

5.    Plan for stress and distress.  It is a normal part of life.

6.    Avoid old behaviors that don’t work, e.g. compulsive eating, whining,
    avoiding, procrastinating, etc.

7.    Expect to have to use outside aid and to take time to learn new
    behaviors.