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Emotion Regulation Worksheets
Fourteen printable handouts for adult clients
Client worksheets, 18 pages, PDF, instant download.
On Etsy it is listed as “Emotion Regulation Worksheets for Adults, Window of Tolerance, Nervous System Regulation, Feelings Wheel, Therapy Handouts, Printable PDF”. After payment the file is in your Etsy purchases, and Etsy emails you the download link.
Most regulation materials treat emotions as something to be managed. These worksheets start from a different place, where an emotion is a communication about the person and their relationships, and where calming down is first learned in the presence of someone steady. The fourteen sheets move from understanding and naming to noticing patterns, responding and planning, and they are written in plain language for adults who are either overwhelmed by their feelings or cut off from them.
Abstract
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This pack of fourteen client worksheets supports emotion regulation work with adults who are flooded by their emotions or disconnected from them. It is grounded in two ideas: research on attachment and affect regulation, which suggests that the nervous system settles more easily in the presence of a steady other, and the analysis of the demand (Carli and Paniccia), which distinguishes emotions that are acted, often repeating an old relational script, from emotions that are felt, named and shared. The sheets follow a suggested sequence, from what emotions are for, the window of tolerance and the body, through vocabulary and intensity, waves, triggers and the stories clients tell themselves, to grounding, soothing, co-regulation, a weekly diary and a personal regulation plan. A short therapist guide and a list of sources accompany the worksheets.
Who it's for
Therapists and counselors working with adult clients on emotional overwhelm, shutdown or impulsive reactions, who want worksheets that keep the relationship at the center of the work.
Contents
- For the therapist: how to use the pack
- 01 What emotions are for
- 02 My window of tolerance
- 03 Where I feel it
- 04 Finding the word
- 05 How strong is it?
- 06 Riding the wave
- 07 What set it off
- 08 The story I tell myself
- 09 Acting it or saying it
- 10 Grounding menu
- 11 Soothing the body
- 12 Who helps me settle
- 13 Weekly emotion diary
- 14 My regulation plan
- Sources and further reading
Format and license
- Format
- PDF, 18 pages
- Delivery
- Instant download from your Etsy account once payment clears
- License
- For one therapist's own clinical practice; worksheets may be printed for your clients
- Status
- Educational material for clinicians, not a validated instrument and not clinical advice
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