100 Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) Questions (PDF Templates Bundle)

Asking the right questions in Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) is essential for helping clients identify stuck points, challenge maladaptive beliefs, and process the impact of trauma on their thoughts and emotions. CPT is a structured, evidence-based approach developed to reduce PTSD symptoms by examining how trauma affects beliefs about safety, trust, power, control, esteem, and intimacy. To support that work, we created the 100 CPT Therapy Questions + PDF Templates bundle—a clinical, research-informed resource designed to help therapists guide meaningful, trauma-focused conversations that support recovery and long-term change.

Example Questions in This Bundle

The CPT Questions + PDF Templates bundle includes 100 open-ended, clinically relevant prompts that help clients examine and reframe unhelpful beliefs rooted in trauma. These questions encourage self-reflection, cognitive flexibility, and deeper insight into how trauma continues to influence daily life.

1. What happened to you that brought you to therapy?
2. How do you think the trauma has affected your thoughts about yourself?
3. What beliefs have changed for you since the trauma?
4. What do you believe the trauma says about who you are?
5. In what ways has the trauma impacted your trust in others?
6. How has your sense of control changed since the trauma?
7. What does safety mean to you now?
8. What emotions do you associate with the trauma?
9. How do you think your worldview has shifted because of the trauma?
10. What messages did you take away from the traumatic experience?

What’s Included in the Bundle?

This comprehensive toolkit is designed to streamline CPT sessions, support cognitive restructuring, and track client progress. Whether you’re using CPT in its manualized form or adapting it to your clinical setting, these templates promote a consistent and effective approach.

• 100 CPT Therapy Questions (PDF and Word formats)
• “Choose Your Questions + Client Responses” Worksheet (1 page, 10 questions)
• “Choose Your Questions + Client Responses” Worksheet (4 pages, 49 questions)
• “Choose Your Questions + Therapist Notes” Worksheet (1 page, 10 questions)
• “Choose Your Questions + Therapist Notes” Worksheet (5 pages, 50 questions)
• “After Session Reflection” Worksheet (1 page, 5 questions)

Why Add This CPT Bundle to Your Therapy Toolkit?

This CPT bundle gives you a ready-made structure for guiding trauma-focused therapy that is organized, flexible, and client-centered. Whether you’re exploring trauma narratives, addressing stuck points, or challenging overgeneralized beliefs, these tools support thoughtful processing in-session and continued reflection between visits. All templates are editable, fillable, and printable—making them perfect for digital use, printed handouts, or hybrid formats. Empower your trauma-focused work with practical tools designed to support healing—one question at a time.