Depression
Using Your Senses to Feel Grounded

This worksheet is designed to help people deal with overwhelming emotions, depersonalization, and derealization. It directs people to pay attention to sensory input as a way of becoming grounded and feeling in control. (Bipolar Disorder, grounding, emotional regulation, DBT, 1119)

Using Distraction to Tolerate Difficult Emotions: The ACCEPT Technique

This worksheet can be used by people to help cope with overwhelming emotions. It describes the ACCEPTS method, a DBT technique, to help people experiment with various ways to distract themselves from upsetting and overwhelming emotions. (DBT, distress tolerance, emotions, 1119)

Rehearsing Values-Based Behavior

This worksheet teaches the importance of values and on basing goals and intentions on those values. It asks clients to identify their core values, think about goals and steps to live those values, and then rehearse them. (ACT, DBT, 1119)

Changing Unhealthy Behaviors to Produce Positive Emotions

This worksheet is designed to help people identify their unhealthy and self-defeating behaviors and substitute them with positive behaviors. The intent is to help people develop a positive cycle of positive behaviors and emotions. (DBT, behavioral therapy, Bi-Polar Disorder, 1119)

See the Big Picture

This worksheet is designed to help people regulate emotions by seeing the big picture rather than on just focusing on the negative aspects of a situation. The exercise is designed to help people evaluate problems accurately and objectively. (DBT, emotional regulation, 1019)

Do Not Self Medicate with Alcohol or Drugs (Suicide Prevention)

This worksheet is designed to help people who are feeling hopeless and even suicidal avoid using alcohol or drugs to self-medicate. It asks them to look at situations that trigger their urge to self-medicate and to contact a supportive person to help them through this difficult time. (suicide prevention, depression, alcohol abuse, 0919)

Relying on Your Problem-Solving Ability Even When You Feel Hopeless

This worksheet is designed to stimulate coping mechanisms in people who feel hopeless, even to the point of being suicidal. The intention of the worksheet is to encourage people to develop a problem-solving attitude. The worksheet asks people to try out five popular problem-solving strategies and then see how often they can be used on a day-to-day basis. (problem-solving, executive functioning skills, coping skills, suicide, depression, 0919)

Keep Engaged with the People Around You (Suicide Prevention Plan)

This worksheet is designed to be part of a suicide prevention plan which should reduce risk and increase protective factors. (0819)

Pay It Forward Cards

These cards remind people to think about others and look for opportunities for random acts of kindness. (empathy, social connection, 0819)

Understanding the Stress in Your Life

This worksheet is designed to help you identify the stress in your life and take steps to cope with it. (prevention, depression, relationships, 0819)