Gratitude log

Mild-to-moderate depression, post-loss adjustment, low life satisfaction. Not a substitute for active treatment, but useful as a between-session habit.

The form is a single repeating block, at least 3 rows, with 4 sub-fields per row.

A clinical note worth holding: rote entries (“my coffee, my dog, my health”) repeated week after week, that’s not gratitude, that’s compliance. Push for specificity and the action component (the “what you did to express it” column). Research suggests the action matters more than the noticing. Also: clients in active grief or severe depression sometimes find this exercise alienating; if they do, drop it.

In my-cbt, this is a bundled worksheet you can preview from the library and assign from the case file. The personal message at the top is how you tailor it to this client. Each submission saves to the file with a timestamp. The repeating sections expand on screen instead of running out of room in a margin.