Assumptions: A Workbook for Truer Thinking helps adults spot and soften the fast stories your mind writes when facts are missing—an assumptions workbook for adults that blends psychoeducation and gentle reflection. Built like a cognitive reframing workbook (CBT‑inspired), each short chapter unpacks a common thinking trap and shows you how to move from all‑or‑nothing thinking to nuanced perspective.

You’ll climb an Assumption Thought Ladder to slow automatic reactions and test them against evidence, then use a Catastrophe vs Likely Reality worksheet to practice decatastrophizing and right‑sizing worry. Chapters such as Mind Reading Check, Spot the Assumption: Fact vs Story, and The Story I’m Telling Myself help you challenge the mind reading cognitive distortion without shaming your emotions. Inner Critic vs Compassionate Voice guides self‑talk rewrites so your language shifts from harsh verdicts to a kinder, more accurate tone. Rewrite the Headline exercises train you to reframe dramatic mental headlines into balanced summaries you can act on.

Try On Their Perspective expands empathy and reduces blame, while Reframing “It’s All Their Fault” and Reframing Self‑Blame restore proportion and shared responsibility. Designing a New Default Thought and Future You Reframes This create tiny, repeatable scripts that make better thinking automatic. My Body on Assumption vs Reframe builds interoceptive awareness so you can notice how thoughts show up physically and choose a steadier response. There are no fill‑in‑the‑blank worksheets to rush through—just clear explanations, reflective prompts, and room to annotate, revisit, and grow. This educational companion supports wellbeing but isn’t a substitute for therapy or crisis care; it’s a practical, compassionate guide to cognitive restructuring you can actually use.

• assumptions workbook for adults

• cognitive reframing workbook

• catastrophe vs likely reality worksheet

• decatastrophizing worksheet for adults

• spot the assumption fact vs story

• the story I’m telling myself worksheet

• rewrite the headline exercise

• inner critic vs compassionate voice exercise

• reframing self‑blame worksheet

• reframing “it’s all their fault”

• try on their perspective exercise