What you do to feel safe

Anxiety disorders, OCD, social anxiety, health anxiety. Critical groundwork before any exposure planning. The client almost always under-reports at first; expect to revisit this as treatment progresses.

The form has 4 fields.

A clinical note worth holding: the “What might have happened if you hadn’t used it?” question. If the answer is catastrophic (“I’d have died,” “I’d have lost my mind”) that’s the feared outcome to design exposure around. If the answer is concrete and manageable (“I’d have been late”), the behavior is a softer target.

In my-cbt, the form is in the system templates and ready to send. The personal message field is where you frame the task for this client. Submissions show up in the case file alongside the session notes.