Relationships
Improving Your Ability to Say No

This worksheet helps people reflect about their communication with others and whether or not they are expressing their values and getting their needs fulfilled. It teaches a two-step technique to designed to help people be assertive without offending others. (assertiveness, communication, interpersonal effectiveness, 1119)

Using I Statements to Communicate Effectively

This worksheet teaches people to express their thoughts, feelings, and needs more directly using “I” statements. (communication, interpersonal effectiveness, DBT, 1019)

Responding to Relationship Abuse

This worksheet is designed to help someone identify relationship abuse and to find immediate help and support (1019)

Preventing Suicide of a Spouse

This “card” gives people six simple (and highly researched) questions to ask their spouses about suicidal intention. The guidelines make it easy for a spouse to determine the risk as mild, moderate, or high. Directions are clear for a spouse to immediately seek professional help if a spouse indicates he/she is at a high risk. (suicide prevention, depression, 0919)

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)

Decreasing Criticism and Judgment in Your Relationship

This worksheet is designed to help reduce criticism in a relationship and increase support and respect. (marriage, communication, couples, criticism, marital therapy, couples counseling, 0619)

Using the Repeat Technique to Make Your Communication More Effective

The Repeat Technique can be an effective tool to help people express themselves more assertively. This worksheet asks people to think of examples of how they would use this too and then keep a record of how successful it was in real-life situations. (communication, assertiveness, 0519)

Making Simple Requests

This worksheet is designed to help people get more of what they need learning how to make appropriate simple requests. This a DBT technique intended to help people develop their personal effectiveness. (DBT, assertiveness, 0419)

The GIVE Technique for Interpersonal Effectiveness

This worksheet is designed to help clients lower their emotional reactivity and be more of aware of the emotional needs of others. (DBT, 0424)