This worksheet helps clients identify a common anxiety trigger and practice a more balanced, reality-based perspective. By writing out the worst possible outcome, best possible outcome, and the most likely outcome, clients learn to reduce catastrophic thinking and improve tolerance of uncertainty. Use it in session to teach the skill, then assign it as homework to build confidence and make the process more automatic over time.

Best for

• CBT-informed anxiety treatment and cognitive restructuring

• Clients who catastrophize or overestimate threat and consequences

• Building realistic thinking patterns and reducing