Relaxation Worksheets

 Find a big collection of mindfulness-based relaxation worksheets at s PositivePsychology.com. Including:

• Free Printable Mindfulness Worksheets for Adults
• 7 Best Mindfulness Worksheets for Kids
• 7 Printable Mindfulness Activities for Youth
• DBT Mindfulness Worksheets
• 3 Group Mindfulness Exercises
• More Mindfulness Techniques

 

Looking After Yourself Worksheets

This collection from the Centre for Clinical Interventions is as valuable a set of free resources as you'll find out there. Whatever you're working on, they've likely got you covered.

• Anxiety
• Assertiveness
• Appearance Concerns
• Bipolar
• Body Dysmorphia
• Depression
• Disordered Eating
• Health Anxiety
• Panic
• Perfectionism
• Procrastination
• Self-Compassion
• Self-Esteem
• Sleep
• Social Anxiety
• Tolerating Distress
• Worry and Rumination

 

Misc Worksheets

Here's a nice collection of miscellaneous worksheets from Toronto therapist/social worker, Brian Konik. Areas covered: stress management, anxiety, relationships & sex therapy, motivation & goal setting, and trauma. Check 'em out.

ACT Worksheets

ACT--Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, for long--encourages us to stop devoting all our energy to battling our symptoms (say, anxiety or depression) and instead focus on working toward the meaningful goals we set for ourselves. Our symptoms will just have to come along for the ride. Sound interesting? On ActMindfully.au, find big sets of ACT-oriented worksheets from ACT therapist Russ Harris. Set aside your symptoms for a moment and check them out. 

Free CBT Workbooks

We've posted these before and we'll post them again. The Centre for Clinical Interventions (that's right, "Centre") has a long list of free CBT-based workbooks waiting to help you tackle a wide variety of issues: panic, stress, depression, self-esteem, perfectionism, procrastination, body acceptance, assertiveness... We could keep typing, or you could just click the link.

Enjoy!

Mindfulness Exercises

From the One Mind Dharma blog, here's a page of mindfulness exercises, including a section on mindfulness for anxiety. Here's something to try:

Finger BreathingFinger breathing is one of Elizabeth’s favorite practices to offer. We recently had a student of ours who works in a trauma unit at a hospital tell us that they use this practice during their chaotic work days. Like the self-compassion practice, this is one you can lead as a group, but people can also take home to use on their own time.
People can do this with eyes open or closed, and they may use one hand or both hands. Start with the thumb on the index finger. As you inhale, slide the the thumb toward the tip and squeeze. As you exhale, slide the thumb back down the index finger. With the next breath, move on to the middle finger. You can continue this practice to the pinky finger, then move back toward the index finger. This is a great way to engage with mindfulness, as we are breathing mindfully but using the additional experience of the finger-touching to help us concentrate.

Trauma Worksheets

From the University of Washington Medical Center, here are trauma worksheets for therapists and their clients. Wise for clients to use these with some support, in treatment.

Also on the site (see the sidebar), lots more, including CBT worksheets for anxiety, for depression, substance abuse worksheets, and on from there...

Worksheets Grab Bag

Here are some helpful sites sent in by TW reader, Victoria S.  Good finds all. Thanks, Victoria!

• A workbook for couples from lifelineforfamilies.net.
• A huge list of infosheets and worksheets for individuals and couples from achangeinthinking.com.
• And here are lots and lots of downloadable tools made to accompany the Treatments That Work book series. It may have been posted here before, but, if so, worth another look.

Meanwhile, we've updated our look after many years. Hope you like.

Positive Coping with Health Conditions Workbook

From the folks at Simon Fraser U., here's a Positive Coping with Health Conditions Workbook (health condition not necessary to benefit).  Included:

• Relaxation
• Managing Worry
• Activating Your Life
• Solving Problems
• Managing Depressive Thinking
• Managing Anger
• Relationship Building

Free Workbooks: Overcoming Body Dysmorphia and Distress Intolerance

Two new workbooks have been added to the collection at the Centre for Clinical Interventions:  "Building Body Acceptance: Overcoming Body Dysmorphia" and "Facing Your Feelings: Overcoming Distress Intolerance."  Also on the page, free workbooks to help tackle anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, bipolar disorder, panic, procrastination, social anxiety, and more.

Relaxation Worksheets

Occupational therapist Candi Raudebaugh has collected lots of relaxation worksheets and other free resources which are sprinkled among the for-pay items at innerhealthstudio.com.  See also anger, stress, and panic worksheets linked on the sidebar.

                                        

Procrastination Worksheets

From Simon Fraser U., tips about overcoming procrastination.  Poke around the site a bit--there are also pages for time management, text anxiety, and other student-directed stuff.

Worksheets Collection

From cairncenter.com, a substantial group of worksheets, assessment forms, and infosheets covering Borderline Personality Disorder, anxiety, depression, Bipolar Disorder, ADHD, sexual functioning, sleep, anger...and some other stuff.

Progressive Muscle Relaxation and Abdominal Breathing Worksheets

...and others at the University of New South Wales (via Psychology Tools). Progressive muscle relaxation and controlled abdominal breathing live in the appendix of a big book about treating co-occurring substance use and mental health problems. You need neither to benefit.

And from University of Houston Counseling, a varied collection of worksheets, audio, and video. Click "Guided Imagery and Visualization" for more progressive muscle relaxation and breathing guidance.

Values Bull's Eye (and other ACT worksheets)

From thehappinesstrap.com (Dr. Russ Harris), here's a collection of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy worksheets (first meant for readers of The Happiness Trap; linked within a link on a previous post).

Big Worksheet Collection

Big thanks to Abigail in Athens, GA, who sent a heads-up about the huge worksheet collection posted by Seattle's Harborview Med Center. Here are fact sheets about a variety of topics (anxiety, depression, dating, assault...). Another page features childhood trauma worksheets for clients and therapists. Still more--regarding relationships, anger, family communication, parenting and so on--are linked on the sidebar at the site.

Treatment Manuals: GAD, PTSD, OCD, Panic, and Phobias

From crufad.com, here's a page of Treatment Manuals for GAD, PTSD, OCD, Panic, and Phobias. Lots of good information. Thanks, Abigail, for the tip!

Self-Compassion Worksheets

Suggestion from Erika (thanks!): A page of "Mindful Self-Compassion" Worksheets from Christopher Germer, author of...The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion.

ACT Worksheets

Posted at jamesdrew.net, a series of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Worksheets.

They're grabbed (with permission) from Acceptance & Commitment Therapy for Anxiety Disorders and Acceptance & Commitment Therapy for the Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder & Trauma-Related Problems.

CBT Worksheet Collection

Not the first mention here, but worth re-checking out: the big collection of CBT worksheets at GET Self Help. At the bottom of the page, links to more resources...including this site (thanks).