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A person stands at a fork in a scenic mountain path beneath a sign marked “Inferential Confusion,” facing two contrasting directions. One path is associated with tangled assumptions and jumping to conclusions, while the other emphasizes observable facts, symbolizing the I-CBT distinction between imagined possibilities and reality-based evidence.

🔍 Module 5 — Inferential Confusion | I-CBT Course

A free IFS Academy course on inferential confusion in Inference-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (I-CBT): inference versus perception, how an imagined possibility outvotes the evidence of your own eyes, the two moves of distrusting the senses and living by possibility, and why smart, imaginative people fall hardest. Every lesson ends with an Inference-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy practice so you can begin applying the skill.

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A balance scale compares obsessional doubt and normal doubt against a peaceful mountain lake at sunrise. One side is weighed down by tangled wire and repeated “what if” thoughts, while the other holds a simple stone reading “Uncertainty Is Okay” beside a small growing plant, illustrating the difference between endless obsessive doubt and ordinary uncertainty.

🔍 Module 4 — Obsessional Doubt vs Normal Doubt| I-CBT Course

A free IFS Academy course on obsessional doubt vs normal doubt in Inference-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (I-CBT): the "maybe" statement beneath every surface fear, the four properties of healthy doubt, why obsessional doubt survives checking, the checking paradox, and how to word your own doubt cleanly. Every lesson ends with an Inference-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy practice so you can begin applying the skill.

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A row of wooden domino-like blocks illustrates the obsessional sequence, progressing from a trigger through uncertainty, intrusive thoughts, anxiety, mental checking, rituals, and temporary relief before leading into a realistic brain, symbolizing how obsessive thinking develops and reinforces itself over time against a peaceful mountain and river landscape.

🔍 Module 3 — The Obsessional Sequence | I-CBT Course

A free IFS Academy course on the obsessional sequence in Inference-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (I-CBT): the five links every OCD episode runs on, from trigger and obsessional doubt to feared consequence, distress, and compulsion, plus the broken-link insight that tells I-CBT exactly where to intervene. Every lesson ends with an Inference-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy practice so you can begin applying the skill.

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