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This 20-word cognitive distortions word search helps high school students learn the language of thought patterns and mental health. Hidden words include catastrophizing, overgeneralization, personalization, and emotional reasoning—core concepts in cognitive-behavioral therapy. Use it in a health class, counseling session, or social-emotional learning unit on managing anxious or negative thinking patterns.

Subject:
Social Emotional Learning
Topic:
Understanding Feelings
Grade Level:
9th – 12th Grades
Updated December 2022

Word List

  • FILTERING
  • POLARIZEDTHINKING
  • BLACKANDWHITE
  • OVERGENERALIZATION
  • JUMPINGTOCONCLUSIONS
  • CATASTROPHIZING
  • MAGNIFYING
  • MINIMIZING
  • PERSONALIZATION
  • CONTROLFALLACIES
  • FALLACIESOFFAIRNESS
  • BLAMING
  • SHOULDS
  • FALLACYOFCHANGE
  • EMOTIONALREASONING
  • GLOBALLABELING
  • MISLABELING
  • HEAVENSREWARD
  • ALWAYSRIGHT
  • COGNITIVEDISTORTIONS

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