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

 

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!

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...

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

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.

Worksheet Library

At PsychologyTools.org, a page of shared therapy worksheets--mostly CBT-based. PTSD, panic, sleep, and forgiveness get special attention. Also on the page, helpful links to the entire, very great Centre for Clinical Intervention collection.

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.

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.

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).

Moodjuice Self-Help Guides

A big collection of self-help guides awaits at Moodjuice. Here's the list:

• Anger
• Anxiety
• Assertiveness
• Bereavement
• Depression
• Obsessions & Compulsions
• Panic
• Post Traumatic Stress
• Shyness & Social Phobias
• Sleep Problems
• Stress

Cognitive Mindfulness Workbook

From Tom Gibbons, MSW at presence-awareness.com, here's a free, 55-page "Cognitive Mindfulness Workbook." Learn CBT essentials, apply them with included worksheets, and, hopefully, start to feel better.

"For Dummies" (For Free)

At wiley.com, first chapters of many titles in their "For Dummies" series are posted as pdfs and await your perusal. Excerpts don't get to the worksheet parts of the books (if they have any), but...

• Depression for Dummies (Chapter 1)
• Borderline Personality for Dummies (Chapter 1)
• Postpartum Depression for Dummies (Chapter 1)
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Dummies (Chapter 1)

More titles on the site.

Cognitive Distortions & Depression Mood Chart

These have appeared elsewhere on the site, but...uploaded them again, so posting them again: the Cognitive Distortions according to CBT, by way of David Burns's Feeling Good Handbook.

And here's a Tought Log how-to (at mindtools.com--please let me know if you know of a better one). Which Cognitive Distortion best describes each of your automatic thoughts...?

While on the topic, here's a Daily Mood Chart for Depression from psychology4change.com--a log and a sheet of instructions.

Emotional Wellness Assessment Worksheets

From conflictmanagementinc.com, another set of assessments (useful for therapists): depression, anxiety, trauma, and alcoholism:

I Feel Sad and Blue

I Feel Worried and Anxious

I Had Trauma in My Childhood

I Think I Might Drink Too Much

Next step? Getting help.

Military Mental Health Screening

From militarymentalhealth.org, here's an online assessment tool for members of the armed services. For soldiers wrestling with depression, anxiety, trauma, alcoholism, and the like, this is designed to help navigate the way to more clarity about what's going on and to suggested help.

Peaceful Mind

Not a worksheet, not even a workbook, but a CBT/mindfulness book that comes strongly recommended:  Peaceful Mind: Using Mindfulness and Cognitive Behavioral Psychology to Overcome Depression.

Workbooks--CBT, self-esteem, anger management, and others--are collected at the TW-Amazon Bookstore.

Free Workbooks

From Bradford VTS Online, a collection of Online Resources on anger, bereavement, depression, panic, PTSD, social anxiety, sleep problems, stress, and much more.

Many, many more worksheets await in the mental health folder there. Enjoy.

Dealing with Depression Workbook (for Teens)

From comh.ca, here's a 67-page workbook, Dealing with Depression: Antidepressant Skills for Teens (and several others). Written for one group, but fine looks for others too.