> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.getrivet.ca/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # CBT presets — 7 worksheets > CBT triangle, cognitive distortions, downward arrow, ABC model, thought record, evidence for/against, hot cross bun. Seven cognitive-behavioral worksheets, each one a standard tool you'd recognize from any CBT training. Drop one onto the canvas and start working; every label, box, and arrow is editable. ## CBT triangle The Beck cognitive-behavioral triangle. Thoughts at the top, Feelings bottom-right, Behaviors bottom-left, with bidirectional arrows between every pair to show that influence runs both ways. **Use it for:** intro psychoeducation on the cognitive model. The diagram does the teaching — once the client sees that changing any one of the three nodes can shift the others, the whole orientation toward CBT work clicks into place. **Drop it early in CBT-focused work.** It's the diagram every subsequent worksheet (thought record, downward arrow, hot cross bun) extends from. ## Cognitive distortions A reference card listing the 10 standard Beck/Burns distortions, each with a one-line example: * All-or-nothing * Overgeneralization * Mental filter * Discounting positives * Jumping to conclusions * Catastrophizing * Emotional reasoning * Should statements * Labeling * Personalization **Use it for:** identifying which patterns show up in the client's automatic thoughts. Read through together; the client points to the ones they recognize. Pairs naturally with a thought record — drop both and work between them. ## Downward arrow A vertical column of prompts, each one connected to the next by a downward arrow: *"The thought:"* → *"If true, what would that mean about you?"* → *"And if THAT were true...?"* → *"The core belief:"*. **Use it for:** drilling from a surface-level automatic thought to the underlying schema or core belief. Especially useful in second-stage CBT when the client has identified an automatic thought pattern but you're trying to surface the schema feeding it. The top and bottom boxes are highlighted — start with the surface thought at the top, work down to the core belief at the bottom. ## ABC model Three-box behavioral chain: **Antecedent → Behavior → Consequence.** Color-coded boxes connected by arrows. **Use it for:** functional analysis of a specific behavior, especially in behavioral activation, exposure planning, or any work where you're mapping a behavior in context. Pairs well with a target-identification conversation: which behavior do we want to change, and what's keeping it in place? ## Thought record The standard five-column CBT worksheet: **Situation · Automatic thought · Emotion (0-100) · Evidence for/against · Balanced thought.** Empty cells below the headers for filling in during session. **Use it for:** in-session work where the client (with you or independently) walks through a recent distressing thought, rates the emotion, weighs the evidence, and tries on a more balanced version. Flip Two-way ON and the client can fill in the cells themselves — often more powerful than you transcribing. See [letting your client draw](/whiteboard/client-collaboration). ## Evidence for / against A two-column grid for testing a specific thought against the available evidence. **Evidence for** in green on the left, **Evidence against** in red on the right, with a "thought" box on top and a "balanced view" box on the bottom. **Use it for:** a more focused version of the thought record — when the client has one specific cognition they're stuck on, and you want to slow down and test it carefully. Often a follow-up to a thought record when one row needs more work. ## Hot cross bun (Padesky & Greenberger) A central situation surrounded by four nodes — **Thoughts, Feelings, Behaviors, Body sensations** — with bidirectional arrows between each node and the center. **Use it for:** extending the CBT triangle to include somatic experience. The hot cross bun adds the **body** node, which makes it the right diagram for anxiety, trauma-informed CBT, or any presentation where physical sensations are part of the maintenance cycle. It's the diagram to reach for when "Thoughts → Feelings → Behaviors" flattens out the somatic side of what the client is experiencing. ## Related articles All 9 categories, 29 worksheets. 5 Ps and cross-section formulation. For client-filled worksheets like the thought record.