Reframing Thoughts Worksheet
This worksheet helps grade 9 students understand and practice reframing negative thoughts into more positive and constructive ones, a key social skill.
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This worksheet will help you understand and practice reframing negative thoughts. Read each question carefully and provide thoughtful answers.
What is Reframing?
Reframing is a cognitive technique that involves looking at a situation, thought, or feeling from a different perspective. It's about changing the way you see things in order to change how you react to them. This can help you manage stress, improve your mood, and develop a more positive outlook.

1. Which of the following best describes the purpose of reframing thoughts?
To ignore negative feelings completely.
To change how you perceive and react to situations.
To blame others for your negative thoughts.
To avoid thinking about difficult topics.
2. When you catch yourself having a negative thought, the first step in reframing is to it.
3. A common negative thinking pattern is , where you think in extremes, like 'always' or 'never'.
4. Describe a recent situation where you had a negative thought. Then, reframe that thought into a more positive or neutral one. Explain how reframing could change your emotional response.
5. Reframing means pretending that a bad situation is good, even if it's not.
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False
6. Reframing can help you develop resilience and better coping mechanisms.
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False
Use the words below to complete the sentences about reframing strategies.
7. The first step is to the negative thought.
8. Next, the validity of the thought by asking for evidence.
9. Try to see the situation from a different .
10. Finally, the negative thought with a more balanced one.
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