Perfectionism Rules and Assumptions
Overview
This CBT handout from the Centre for Clinical Interventions explains how perfectionists use rigid rules and assumptions to maintain high standards, distinguishing between helpful and unhelpful cognitive patterns. It provides clients with a six-step framework to identify, challenge, and replace these unhelpful beliefs with more flexible alternatives. The resource emphasizes the importance of behavioral practice in adopting new perspectives and notes that further details are available in Module 7 of their Perfectionism in Perspective series.
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@misc{allodium:f90dab6f29ec4246,
title = {Perfectionism Rules and Assumptions},
organization = {Centre for Clinical Interventions},
url = {https://www.cci.health.wa.gov.au/~/media/CCI/Mental-Health-Professionals/Perfectionism/Perfectionism---Information-Sheets/Perfectionism-Information-Sheet---05---Perfectionism-Rules-and-Assumptions.pdf}
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TY - GEN TI - Perfectionism Rules and Assumptions PB - Centre for Clinical Interventions UR - https://www.cci.health.wa.gov.au/~/media/CCI/Mental-Health-Professionals/Perfectionism/Perfectionism---Information-Sheets/Perfectionism-Information-Sheet---05---Perfectionism-Rules-and-Assumptions.pdf ER -
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Perfectionism Rules and Assumptions. (n.d.). Centre for Clinical Interventions. https://www.cci.health.wa.gov.au/~/media/CCI/Mental-Health-Professionals/Perfectionism/Perfectionism---Information-Sheets/Perfectionism-Information-Sheet---05---Perfectionism-Rules-and-Assumptions.pdf
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