What to Do When You Feel Unappreciated and Undervalued

This worksheet is designed to help people who feel that others are not acknowledging their efforts to be helpful on an ongoing basis.   It provides a dozen suggestions on what people can do to feel better about themselves and those around them.  The worksheet is designed to  help people think about why feeling appreciated is important to them and how they can get the appreciation they seek. (0522, social skills, relationships, marriage, parenting)

What to Do if You Struggle with Expressing and Understanding Your Emotions

This worksheet is designed to help people if they have alexithymia, “the reduced ability to connect with and understand your own and others’ feelings and emotions.” A checklist is given to help people identify whether they have this problem and if it might be an underlying cause of other struggles.  The worksheet gives three steps to help people learn to identify and express their feelings plus techniques on how to practice these steps.  (0522, emotions, emotional regulation, emotional intelligence, communication)

Helping Your Child with Daily Transitions

This worksheet is designed to help parents of children who have a difficult time with daily changes that triggers tantrums, whining, and meltdowns.  Twelve practical suggestions are listed for parents to try, including: making transitions a game, using positive reinforcement, and providing a transition object to teach kids self-soothing.  A chart is provided to help parents keep track of which activities are most effective. (0522, parenting, ASD, Autism, ADHD, inflexible, behavior problems)

Coping with Trauma Passed Down from Your Family

This worksheet is designed to help people affected by intergenerational trauma.  It explains how this trauma can occur and how it can affect people. Suggestions are given as to how to overcome the stress of this type of trauma. (0522, trauma, PTSD, family therapy, racism, survivors)

Coping with a Sudden Illness or Disability

This worksheet is designed to people who find themselves suddenly facing the challenges of a serious illness or disability.   The worksheet gives people a dozen coping strategies as well as questions for people to think about and a chart to keep track of what strategies helped most. (0822, illness, disability, coping, health concerns)