Worksheets for Mental Health

Downloadable Worksheets

Practical tools to help pause, organize thoughts, and notice patterns — whether you’re supporting others or reflecting for yourself.

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.