Coping with Microaggressions

This worksheet is designed to help people deal with “microagressions, ” brief verbal, behavioral, or situational actions and statements that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative slights and insults toward members of oppressed or targeted groups. Microaggressions may demean a person’s race, gender, weight, sexual orientation, religion, heritage, age, disability, or health status.  The worksheet describes a process on how people can think about and react to microaggressions. (0522, prejudice, discrimination, diversity, aggression)

Finding Peace in a Troubled World

This worksheet is designed to help people who are distressed by the barrage of news dealing with war, political unrest, the economy and more.  It gives 16 suggestions on how people can cope with the difficulties around them and a chart to record how successful they were in scheduling activities that reduce stress. (0522, stress, news)

Coping with Living Alone After a Separation

This worksheet gives people going through a separation of divorce suggestions on how to deal with this transition and manage loneliness.  There are questions to help people explore how to find new enjoyable activities, how to do tasks and chores that were once shared, what people can do for self-improvement and more. (0522, divorce, separation)

Finding Closure on an Upsetting Memory

This worksheet is designed to help people identify when upsetting memories need closure.  It gives four strategies to help find closure on these memories including: create distance, reinterpret, observe, divert and distract. (0522, memories, grief, divorce, loss, healing, PTSD)