Emotional Validation Worksheet
Emotional Validation Worksheet
Emotional Validation Worksheet
Validations of how you are feeling can help soothe intense feelings and make them manageable.
Validation can be used individually or within a relationship.
When experienceing intense distressing emotions, or experiences, identify and acknowledge what
you're feeling. Understand your emotions by identifying some causes and explanations for them.
2. ACKNOWLEDGE AND ACCEPT- TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE FEELING AND THEN
ACCEPT THAT IT IS HOW IT IS... FOR NOW.- DESCRIBE THIS PROCESS.
3. LOOK FOR VARIOUS REASONS WHY YOU ARE FEELING THIS PARTICULAR EMOTION. LIST
THESE REASONS.
NOTE: EMOTIONAL VALIDATIONS DOES NOT MEAN YOU ARE AGREEING OR SUPPORTING
YOUR OWN, OR ANOTHERS EMOTIONAL RESPONSE, ESPECIALLY IF THE EMOTIONS ARE
DESTRUCTIVE OR IRRATIONAL.
VALIDATING MEANS WE ACKNOWLEDGE AND ARE WORKING TO UNDERSTAND WHY
CERTAIN EMOTIONS ARISE, AND ACCEPTING THAT THAT EMOTION IS HERE AND REAL IN
THE MOMENT.
VALIDATING EXPRESSIONS ARE UNDERSTANDING. SUCH AS "IT MAKES SENSE TO FEEL
HOW YOU ARE FEELING", OR "YOU MUST BE GOING THROUGH SOMETHING VERY
DIFFICULT. "
INVALIDATING PHRASES ARE "STOP BEING A BABY", OR "JUST GET OVER IT".