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This 19-word cognitive distortions word search introduces high school students to thinking patterns studied in cognitive behavioral therapy. Hidden words include catastrophizing, mind reading, magnification, and emotional reasoning, covering distortions commonly explored in counseling and mental-health settings. Use it in a health or psychology class, a school-counselor handout, or a social-emotional learning unit on recognizing unhelpful thoughts.

Subject:
Social Emotional Learning
Topic:
Understanding Feelings
Grade Level:
9th – 12th Grades
Updated March 2024

Word List

  • ALLORNOTHING
  • OVERGENERALIZATION
  • MENTALFILTER
  • MINDREADING
  • JUMPINGTOCONCLUSIONS
  • IGNOREPOSITIVE
  • FORTUNETELLING
  • MAGNIFICATION
  • EMOTIONALREASONING
  • MINIMIZATION
  • SHOULDSTATEMENTS
  • LABELINGMISLABELING
  • PERSONALIZATION
  • CATASTROPHIZING
  • ALWAYSBEINGRIGHT
  • SELFBLAME
  • FALLACYOFCHANGE
  • FALLACYOFFAIRNESS
  • CONTROLFALLACIES

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