Single Episode or Pattern
A single episode map supports concrete learning from one event. A recurring pattern map emphasizes common triggers and functions across examples.
Functional Analysis of Self-Criticism
Functional Analysis of Self-Criticism is a CFT functional map for practitioners. It helps clarify triggers, protective intentions, emotional and behavioral consequences, costs, underlying needs, and compassionate alternatives for self-criticism or shame.
Create a fictional episode or pattern map, mark uncertain fields unresolved, and review the functional chain.
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Tool guide
Learn more about this tool
Use this background section to understand when the tool fits, how practitioners use it, and what to consider before sharing it with clients.
Shame-Sensitive Use
Self-critical content may be omitted or held in practitioner-only notes when needed. The tool allows uncertainty and partial answers.
Important Boundary
The tool does not generate affirmations, diagnose, score self-criticism, evaluate thought truth, or automatically interpret clinical meaning.
Can the map be saved if the protective function is unclear?
Yes. The function or protective logic can be marked unresolved and revisited later.
Does the tool generate compassionate alternatives?
No. Compassionate alternatives are entered by the practitioner or client and should be linked to the same underlying needs.
Can the client skip entering self-critical content?
Yes. Distressing content can be omitted or noted by the practitioner as appropriate.
Is this a CBT thought record?
No. It is a CFT functional map focused on self-criticism, shame, protective intentions, consequences, needs, and compassionate alternatives.