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Behavioral activation — the small-actions intervention for depression
The Center for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress on the deceptively simple, well-evidenced behavioral therapy for depression.
Centre for Clinical Interventions (Australia)6 min read
Behavioral activation is the part of CBT for depression that often does the most work: scheduling small, values-aligned actions and noticing what happens. The Centre for Clinical Interventions in Western Australia produces some of the best free CBT workbooks in English.
Their depression workbook is a usable self-help adaptation of the modality, free, and appropriate for trying alongside (not instead of) treatment.
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