Downward arrow technique. Each "if that were true, what would it say about you?" peels a surface thought back to a core belief. Stop at the first repeated answer — that's the core belief. Pair with a thought record afterwards.

The downward arrow technique is a standard CBT/schema-therapy intervention (Burns, Beck); phrasing is Emora-original.

• Burns, D. D. (1980). Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy

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