Get Straight - A thought Wrestling REBT Group Activity

Get Straight is a bold, interactive recovery group activity kit designed to help clients identify distorted thinking, challenge irrational beliefs, and build stronger recovery-based responses. Built around REBT and CBT principles, this workbook turns cognitive restructuring into a hands-on, engaging group experience.

Clients learn to recognize three memorable distorted-thinking characters:

• The Con Artist — rationalizes, minimizes, bargains, and gives permission
• The Fire Alarm — catastrophizes, magnifies, and turns feelings into emergencies
• The Eject Button — quits, shuts down, avoids, and checks out

Using the 4 C’s — Catch, Check, Change, Choose — participants work in teams, practice “thought wrestling,” use activating-event cards, challenge old thinking, and create more accurate recovery responses.

This full-color workbook includes:

• Facilitator guide
• REBT / CBT psychoeducation
• The 4 C’s recovery framework
• Character posters and teaching tools
• Thought cards for all three distorted-thinking styles
• Activating-event cards
• Team prep sheets
• Thought Wrestling worksheets
• Debrief and reflection pages
• Recovery action planning tools
• Counselor documentation support

Ideal for:

• Residential treatment
• PHP / IOP
• Relapse prevention groups
• CBT / REBT skills groups
• Recovery coaching
• Behavioral health psychoeducation

Created by Danny Hyatt and published by Westward Recovery Works.