Therapeutic Worksheets
Therapeutic Worksheets
Therapeutic Worksheets
JOURNAL QUESTIONS
1. What is an authority figure?
4.
2.
5.
3.
6.
4. List three reasons you think your parents set limits on you at home.
1.
2.
3.
5. What directions or limits do you have the most difficulty with at home? Why?
6. How do you typically respond to limits or directions that you do not like?
1.
2.
7. How do your reactions help or hurt the situation?
HONESTY
1. What does it mean to be honest?
4. What were you trying to get by being dishonest (in the example above)?
Sleeping in class
Exaggerating
Lying to a friend
Telling a girl you like her shirt when you really dont
Y
Y
Y
Y
N
N
N
N
When I see...
someone throw trash out of a car window
my favorite football team score a touchdown
a young child throwing a tantrum
a big spider crawling on my pillow
my parents arguing
an older child picking on a younger child during recess
homeless people sleeping on the street
a classmate cheating on a test
a clown making balloon animals at a carnival
a teenager vandalizing school property
a friend win a contest that I really wanted to win
someone fall and get hurt while rollerblading
my mom hang up a test (on the fridge) that I got an A on
a toy that I thought I had lost
a car driving too fast in my neighborhood
a wasp or hornet crawling on my arm
crime stories on the news
someone not wash their hands after using the restroom
a shooting star
a bird with a broken wing trying to fly
a man helping an old woman carry her groceries
a small child laughing and dancing at the park
a large, mean dog running loose in the neighborhood
I feel...
TAKING RESPONSIBILITY
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX AFTER EACH STATEMENT BASED ON
WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE DONE WHAT IS DESCRIBED.
DESCRIPTION
I ONCE STOLE SOMETHING FROM ANOTHER PERSON
I ONCE LIED TO AVOID GETTING IN TROUBLE
I ONCE CHEATED ON A TEST
I ONCE COPIED SOMEONES HOMEWORK
I ONCE CHEATED DURING A BOARD GAME
I ONCE STARTED A FIGHT WITH SOMEONE SMALLER THAN ME
I ONCE THREW ROCKS AT A HOUSE, CAR, OR PERSON
I ONCE LIED TO MY TEACHER
I ONCE HURT AN ANIMAL ON PURPOSE
I ONCE DESTROYED SOMEONE ELSES PROPERTY ON PURPOSE
I ONCE PRETENDED TO BE SICK TO GET OUT OF GOING TO SCHOOL
I ONCE CARRIED A WEAPON TO SCHOOL
I ONCE WENT SOMEWHERE THAT I WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE
I ONCE RAN AWAY FROM HOME
I ONCE USED TOBACCO
I ONCE BLAMED SOMEONE ELSE FOR SOMETHING THAT I DID
I ONCE TOOK A RIDE WITH A STRANGER
I ONCE RAN AWAY FROM SCHOOL
I ONCE BROKE A WINDOW
I ONCE LIED TO SOMEONE TO MAKE MYSELF LOOK BETTER
I ONCE DRANK ALCOHOL
I ONCE CUSSED AT AN ADULT
I ONCE ENCOURAGED SOMEONE TO DO SOMETHING WRONG
I ONCE STARTED A FIRE
I ONCE STOLE SOMETHING FROM A STORE
THIS WORKSHEET WAS DIFFICULT
I HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY HONEST WITH ALL OF MY ANSWERS
TRUE
FALSE
I AM MOST LIKE...
For each set of three words, check off the one that is most like you.
Explain why on the line below.
a tiger
a kitten
a snake
an ocean
a river
a pond
a comedy
a drama
a thriller
a flower
a weed
a tree
a harp
an electric guitar
a horn
a doctor
an attorney
a police officer
a smile
a frown
a tear
a tennis shoe
a loafer
a sandal
a scream
a whisper
a song
lightning
wind
sunshine
CHOICES
1. List 3 choices that you have already made today.
A.
B.
C.
6. List 3 important choices that you will have to make as you grow up.
A.
B.
C.
CONFLICT RESOLUTION
Read each example then give a brief description of how you would resolve the conflict.
2. You and your brother both want to use the computer at the same time.
3. While playing baseball in the neighborhood, the pitcher says you hit a foul ball but you think it
was a fair ball.
4. You and a friend are trying to decide who goes first while playing cards.
5. You are playing tag during recess and every time you tag a particular child, he claims that you
didnt get him or he calls time-out.
6. Your sister keeps going into your room and using your things when you are not at home.
7. A friend keeps trying to get you to do things that you know are wrong.
8. You see an unfamiliar child in your neighborhood who has fallen off of his bike and is bleeding
and crying.
NATURAL CONSEQUENCES
Match each behavior with hits natural consequence.
BEHAVIOR
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NATURAL CONSEQUENCE
A. Might break something expensive.
B. Might get hit by a car.
C. Might not have any friends, people might not like you.
D. Might get addicted, could end up getting cancer or yellow teeth.
E. Might lose trust or lose a friend.
F. Might get attacked and/or bit.
G. Might get beat up and embarrassed.
H. It could get stolen.
I.
What else could help you to cope with this experience? Are there any skills or
techniques that you have learned that have helped you to deal with it? Explain.
How has this experience affected you and how will you try to make things better
for yourself?
JOURNAL - ANGER
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
2. What thoughts go through your mind when you get angry at someone?
3. What thoughts could you substitute in order to help you with your anger?
4. What are some of the poor choices you have made as a result of your anger?
5. What could you do different next time in order to avoid making poor choices
when angry?
a.
b.
FEARS CHART
On the chart below, place an X or color in the number of boxes that corresponds to your level of fear
with regards to each fear. Example: No Xs means no fear, 5 means mild fear, 10 means it causes
high anxiety, and anything higher than 13 means it causes a considerable amount of fear.
1
Spiders
High Places
The Dark
Death/Dying
Snakes
Getting a shot
Thunder/Lightening
Monsters
Being bullied
Roller-Coasters
Being a crime victim
Nightmares
Germs
Swimming in a lake
Ghosts
Going to the dentist
Large dogs
Being alone
Flying in an airplane
Strangers/Abduction
The future
Strange sounds at night
War/Terrorism
Blood
Public speaking
Getting a disease
Losing a loved one
Bees
Cemeteries at night
Not being liked by others
Getting in trouble
Failing in school
Evil forces
10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
IF I WERE A SUPERHERO...
I WOULD CHOOSE TO HAVE
THE FOLLOWING ABILITY:
(choose 1)