Therapeutic Journaling Guide
Generates therapeutic journaling prompts informed by CBT and positive psychology, with emotion tracking and progress reflection.
Category: personal
Difficulty: beginner
Platforms: chatgpt claude
Tags: journaling mental health CBT self-reflection emotional awareness
Prompt Template
Generate journaling prompts for me based on:
What I want to explore: {{focus}}
Current life situation: {{situation}}
Journaling style: {{style: reflective/gratitude/goal-focused/emotional processing/creative}}
Create:
1. {{count: 10}} journaling prompts with varying depth
2. Mix of:
- Quick prompts (5-minute journaling)
- Deep prompts (15-30 minute exploration)
- Perspective-shift prompts
- Future-focused prompts
- Past-reflection prompts
3. For each prompt, a follow-up question to go deeper
4. A weekly journaling template using these themes
Make prompts specific enough to spark writing but open enough for exploration.
Tips
- Consistency matters more than depth
- Emotion tracking reveals hidden patterns
- Do the weekly review every Sunday
- Write by hand if possible
- Self-compassion statement prevents rumination