Divorce
Dealing with a Person Who Belittles You

This worksheet is designed to help people who deal with someone who is condescending, insulting, or dismissive in an attempt to make them feel inferior.  It suggests five different strategies to deal with people who are belittling and provides a place to record the success of their attempts to deal with this kind of behavior. (0422, relationships, anger control, communication, assertiveness)

Practicing Forgiveness Using the REACH Technique

This worksheet gives people a 5-step approach to learning how to forgive others in a way that will build positively affect relationships. This technique is highly recommended for use in marital and family therapy. (0422, forgiveness, relationships, communication)

Reducing Defensiveness

This worksheet is designed to help people who typically react defensively when they receive negative feedback or criticism.  The worksheet gives 11 strategies to reduce defensiveness and a “quiz” which can help people determine if they are becoming less defensive. (0422, communication, relationships)

How to Handle Lying In Your Relationship

This worksheet is intended to help people who believe that their partner is frequently lying to them.  It helps them understand the reasons that people lie in a relationship, how to know when someone is lying and how to respond if they are being lied to on a regular basis. (0422, lying, dishonesty, family therapy, marriage)

Helping Your Child Adjust Following Separation and Divorce

This worksheet is designed to help parents think about how the things they can do to help their children adjust to a separation or divorce. There are eight specific suggestions plus questions which can help parents prepare for difficult conversations.  (0322, parenting, divorce)

Do You Complain Too Much About Your Divorce?

This worksheet is designed to help people going through divorce understand if their constant complaining is getting in the way of their growth.  It suggests a 6-step process for people to better understand their complaining and how it can interfere with their relationships. (0322, divorce, communication, relationships)

Become the O.W.N.E.R. of Your Distressing Feelings – A Technique for Dealing with Divorce

This technique uses the acronym OWNER to teach a five-step process for people to deal with the difficult feelings that accompany a divorce.  A chart is included to help people keep track of which techniques are most helpful. (0622, divorce, emotional regulation)

Dealing with Difficult People

Dealing with difficult people can be a significant stress for many people, but this worksheet gives you practical techniques to help reduce this stress. The worksheet also includes a chart to help you evaluate the interactions you have with the difficult people in your life and determine what helps and what doesn’t. (0322, social skills, relationships, interpersonal skills, DBT)

Acceptance of Our Circumstances (Mindfulness)

This mindfulness worksheet helps people accept what happens to them in life, rather than dwelling on disappointment and resentment. (0322, mindfulness)

Map Your LIfe to Make Changes

This worksheet helps people identify the changes they want to make in their lives, the things that are holding them back, and the “bridges” they need to build to get where they want to go. The worksheet uses the metaphor of a map to help people see what they need to create their own future. (0222, problem-solving, goal setting, beliefs, executive functioning)