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Core Belief Clusters

This document outlines core belief clusters that can develop during developmental plateaus and presents both negative and more adaptive beliefs within each cluster. The clusters include survival, responsibility, vulnerability, judgment, and PTSD beliefs. For each negative belief, an alternative more adaptive belief is provided, moving from feelings of abandonment, worthlessness, and vulnerability toward beliefs of self-worth, ability to survive, and capacity for growth.

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Core Belief Clusters

This document outlines core belief clusters that can develop during developmental plateaus and presents both negative and more adaptive beliefs within each cluster. The clusters include survival, responsibility, vulnerability, judgment, and PTSD beliefs. For each negative belief, an alternative more adaptive belief is provided, moving from feelings of abandonment, worthlessness, and vulnerability toward beliefs of self-worth, ability to survive, and capacity for growth.

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CORE BELIEF CLUSTERS: Developmental Plateaus

NEGATIVE ADAPTIVE
SURVIVAL
I am abandoned. I can survive / exist / get my needs met.
I am alone. I can survive / exist / get my needs met.
It’s not safe to feel. I can begin to learn when and how to…
I am unimportant. I have value regardless.
I am invisible. I can get my needs met.

RESPONSIBILITY
Control
I am powerless / helpless / trapped. I can control what I can in ...
I have to be in control. I can safely let go of some control.
I am responsible. I can recognize appropriate responsibility.
I should have done something. I did what I could.

Shame
I am... (core sense of self)
I am unlovable / undeserving. I am okay as I am.
I am worthless / defective. I am okay as I am.
I am bad / selfish. I can accept myself.
I am not good enough. I am good enough.
I am inadequate. I can accept myself.
I am responsible. I can recognize appropriate responsibility.

Guilt
I did... (self-evaluation of behaviors)
I am bad. I can learn from my mistakes.
I am a failure. I did the best I could.
I am responsible. I can recognize appropriate responsibility.
I have to be in control. I can recognize what I can and cannot
control.
I am powerless / helpless / trapped. I can control what I can.
I should have done something. I did what I could.

VULNERABILITY
I am vulnerable. I can protect myself.
I am powerless. I can control what I can.
I am helpless. I can control what I can.
I am trapped. I can control what I can.

JUDGMENT
I can’t trust my judgment. I can learn how to trust my judgment.

PTSD (“T” trauma—child or adult onset)


I am going to die. I survived.
I am in danger. I can survive.
I am overwhelmed. I can get through it.
 

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