CBT Skills Group
WORKBOOK Victoria
An initiative of the Victoria Division of Family Practice & the Shared Care Committee (a collaboration of the Doctors of B.C. and the B.C. Ministry of Health)
Published 2017 by Victoria Division of Family Practice PO Box 8418 Victoria Main Victoria, BC CANADA V8W 3S1 divisionsbc.ca/victoria cbtskills@divisionsbc.ca +1.778.746.1705
Designer/Editor: Crystal Sawyer Triveni West Communication + Design Inc. Victoria, B.C. CANADA
Welcome to the CBT Skills Group Program
This program offers you the opportunity to begin to cultivate awareness, and a friendlier relationship with yourself, and with your mind. You will become more aware of the common psychological habits that keep people trapped in cycles of anxiety and depression, and you will practice skills that will help you to become a skilled and compassionate coach for yourself.
“We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” Albert Einstein This Workbook is used in Victoria, B.C. (Canada) in the CBT Skills Group Program. This program has been shown to help people with mild to moderate depression and anxiety to gain confidence and skill in better managing
This book is loaded with information and skills. Most of this content will be discussed throughout the program. It will benefit you to read the corresponding chapter prior to each group session.
their mental health. The development team is pleased to share this Workbook widely. However, they cannot guarantee that similar results will be realized when the Workbook is used in other contexts. Facilitators using this
Keep in mind that it is not expected that you will master or benefit from all the skills presented. Rather, a broad range is introduced so that you can try them out, then practice regularly a handful of strategies that make sense for you.
book as part of a program are encouraged to establish an evaluation strategy.
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