by Dr. Lawrence Shapiro | Jun 3, 2025
The TRAC technique is a powerful tool used in trauma recovery and emotional regulation. It helps individuals slow down, reflect on their reactions, and create space for healthier responses. Trauma can make us feel like we’re stuck in automatic emotional loops — reacting without understanding why. The TRAC process interrupts that cycle by inviting mindful reflection at each step. The worksheet includes a form to help people record their progress with this technique. (0625. Trauma, PTSD, triggers)
by Dr. Lawrence Shapiro | May 30, 2025
This deck of 50 cards can be used to teach children social and emotional regulation skills including communicating feelings, understanding the feelings of others, and learning the “give and take” of a conversation. For children 4 to 8. (0525, emotional intelligence, social skills, SEL)
by Dr. Lawrence Shapiro | May 20, 2025
This worksheet is designed to help people acknowledge, accept, and manage their obsessive handwashing. The worksheet includes questions to help people identify the nature of their obsessive handwashing and a handwashing log. (0515, OCD, hand-washing)
by Dr. Lawrence Shapiro | May 6, 2025
This tool consists of drawings of four “meditating” animal cards. The user is directed to take five minutes a day to relax by practicing deep breathing and going along the perimeter of the animal with their finger. A QR code on each card can be used to play relaxing music on a phone or tablet. (0525. relaxation techniques, anxiety, anger management)
by Dr. Lawrence Shapiro | May 5, 2025
This worksheet is designed to help people in a relationship learn and practice better listening skills. It describes the skills used in active listening (paying attention, observing, acknowledging, reflecting, etc.) and the listening problems that many couples repeatedly experience when they try to communicate (daydreaming, bickering, insisting on being right, and so on). It asks people to individually think back on a previous conversation and consider the skills they used as well as the communication problems they noticed. The exercise is used as a follow-up to teaching couples new communication skills. (0525, communication, marriage therapy, family therapy)
