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Emotion Exploration Scale

Emotions can creep up on us. What starts as hungry, tired, and frustrated can grow into something bigger, like a blackout rage. Or an unexplained feeling of excitement might be the forewarning of a manic episode. By understanding what an emotion feels like at its earliest stages, clients can learn to respond before it grows out of control...

Basic Emotions Reference

Exploring emotions is an important part of therapy. However, many people have a hard time identifying and naming their feelings. Complex emotions are often hidden behind catch-all terms such as “I feel good” or “I feel bad.” The Basic Emotions handout lists four basic emotions that are commonly discussed in therapy—happiness, sadness, fear, and anger—alongside their related complex emotions. This simpl...

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Interactive therapy tools are unique and engaging resources to enhance your therapy practice. Each interactive tool is like a small app that you can use on your computer, phone, or tablet with the click of a button. Try games and illustrated stories for kids, or activities and audio for adults. There's something for just about everyone.

Urge Surfing: Distress Tolerance Skill

Urge surfing is a technique for managing one’s own unwanted behaviors. Rather than giving in to an urge, a person learns to ride it out, like a surfer riding a wave. After a short time, the urge will pass on its own. This technique can be used to stop or reduce drug and alcohol use, emotional reactions such as “blowing up” when angry, gambling, and other unwanted behaviors. The...

Gratitude Exercises

Gratitude means appreciating the good things in your life, no matter how big or small. Making the practice of gratitude a regular part of your day can build happiness, self-esteem, and provide other health benefits. The Gratitude Exercises worksheet summarizes five activities to help clients start practicing gratitude...

What is Forgiveness?

Forgiveness does not mean condoning or approving of mistreatment. Nor does it mean forgetting, or pretending like the wrongdoing never happened. Instead, forgiveness means letting go of resentment, anger, and hostility toward someone who treated you unfairly, even when you are justified in having those feelings...

Emotion Reference Sheet

Alexithymia—difficulty recognizing and verbalizing emotions—is a trait possessed by about 8% of males and 2% of females. Individuals with alexithymia experience emotions, but have a hard time expressing and naming them. Instead, when asked about emotions, they’ll describe physical symptoms, or talk about behavior. T...

Forgiveness Therapy

Forgiveness is a process where someone who has been wronged chooses to let go of their resentment, and treat the wrongdoer with compassion. Forgiveness does not mean forgetting or condoning the wrongdoing, granting legal mercy, or reconciling a relationship. You can forgive a person while in no way believing that their actions were acceptable or justified...

Gratitude Journal

Gratitude journals are a popular and effective intervention from the field of positive psychology. The goal of a gratitude journal is to increase our focus on positive experiences, which improves well-being. The Gratitude Journal worksheet begins with a one-page info sheet, followed by several pages for journaling practice...

Learning to identify and cope with triggers is a popular strategy for the treatment of several problems—especially anger and addictions—because of the effectiveness and intuitiveness of the approach. Our Triggers worksheet will introduce your clients to triggers with a simple definition and tips, while guiding them through the process of identifying their own triggers. Af...

What is Anxiety?

Anxiety is a mental and physical reaction to perceived threats. In small doses, anxiety is helpful. It protects us from danger, and focuses our attention on problems. But when anxiety is too severe, or occurs too frequently, it can become debilitating. Psychoeducation is an important early step in the treatment of anxiety disorders...

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