Downloadable worksheets

Practical tools to help you organize thoughts, notice patterns, and practice change. These tools can be used for your own reflection, or by therapists to support their work with clients.

Working with parents of adult children – Clinical reference

A practical clinical reference for therapists working with parents of adult children, exploring relationship rupture, inherited family patterns, reflective functioning, repair, and the ability to hold two different experiences as valid at the same time.

Quiz: What is driving your choice?

Most relationship choices are driven by a combination of values and obligations. If you're not sure whether it's values or obligation, this might help you find out.

CBT x Attachment

The integration of CBT and Attachment in psychotherapy allows the client's experience to organize around four relational-cognitive dimensions. This worksheet describes the four domains, and provides prompts to explore them.

Teasing vs. sarcasm in families

Families use humour to foster closeness and, at times, control. This worksheet helps differentiate between teasing, sarcasm, and healthy versus unhealthy uses of humour. It includes prompts for personal reflection or use with clients in therapy.

Revisiting a parent’s childhood in therapy

This handout, which can be used for parents (clients) and clinicians, answers some of the most common questions have when parents come to therapy to support their child, but are instead asked about their own childhood. "Why Am I Talking About My Mother in Parenting Therapy?" — Here's the Science

Relational curiosity

The practice of approaching another person's thoughts, feelings, experiences, and perspectives with openness and genuine interest, rather than judgment, certainty, or the need to be right.

Therapy goal questions

Therapy goals are necessary. But asking them straight out can feel overwhelming to clients. Here are eight other ways to ask about therapy goals.

Before you say the thing…WAIT

Sometimes the most loving thing you can say is nothing at all. WAIT is a self-reflection tool to help you choose whether this is the right moment (or thing) to say.

Let’s talk about what happened

Talking to a parent about your childhood can be complex and emotionally charged. This worksheet helps you prepare in advance so you can communicate with clarity, feel more confident, and increase the chances of a productive conversation. Use this guided checklist to organize your thoughts and approach the conversation with intention.

Screening questions for AI use

Screening tool intended to offer clinicians language and guidance on what to explore when they have concerns about a client’s AI use. It includes indicators of problematic use, along with a subjective risk level and an outline to support clinical planning.

Problematic AI use

Framework to help identify signs of problematic AI use, organized into green (safe), yellow (caution), and red (danger) zones.

Contact x closeness

Parenting brings up to the surface complicated relationships, emotions and needs. This tool helps you identify these reactions and how you can respond.

Becoming a parent

Parenting brings up to the surface complicated relationships, emotions and needs. This tool helps you identify these reactions and how you can respond.

First session structure

A five part worksheet that keeps first sessions, efficient and clinically meaningful.

Navigating AI use with teens

Expecting your teen to avoid AI entirely is not realistic. Instead, be intentional, open and curious about its presence in your family's life.

Navigating transitions

Change is part of life, but even positive transitions can feel difficult. If your emotions during a transition aren't what you expected (or what others think you should feel) that's okay.

Discursive proxemics in psychotherapy

Speech patterns are cues about a client's relational state. They reflect strategies used to manage the emotional distance between themselves and the therapist.

Starting a journaling practice

Journaling is an effective way to make sense of an experience, memory, or event. While starting a journaling practice can be daunting, this handout offers tips to begin and maintain it.

“What now” steps

A five-step reflection tool that helps clients pause, name, and work through emotional reactions with kindness and clarity. It supports the shift from awareness to action by guiding users through noticing, understanding, and practicing meaningful change, especially in the face of old patterns or attachment wounds.

Implicit standards and wishful predictions

This handout explores how unmet attachment needs can lead to hidden expectations — “shoulds” and “wishes” we hold for others and ourselves. It helps identify the internal standards that keep us stuck and guides reflection on how to adjust them in a more compassionate, realistic way.

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Disclaimer

The information, stories, and examples shared in this blog and podcast are intended for educational and informational purposes only. While I may draw upon my experiences as a practicing psychologist, all client details have been carefully modified to protect privacy and confidentiality. In many cases, I combine elements from multiple cases or alter identifying details so that no individual can be recognized. Even if you believe you recognize yourself or your story, please know that these narratives are composites and not reflective of any single person.

I have the utmost respect for my clients and the courage they show in sharing their experiences with me. My intention is always to honor that trust and to use these insights to help others while maintaining strict ethical standards regarding confidentiality.

Please note that the content provided here is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for psychotherapy or professional mental health care with a qualified clinician.

If you have any concerns or questions about the content shared, please feel free to reach out to me directly.