Contextual Therapy Worksheet

1. Family Roles and Responsibilities

Reflect on the roles you play within your family. How have these roles impacted your relationships and personal growth?

2. Trust and Accountability

Consider instances where trust was either built or broken within your family. What actions led to these outcomes?

3. Multigenerational Influences

Explore how your parents' and grandparents' relationships might influence your relational patterns. What similarities or differences do you notice?

4. Fairness and Entitlement

Identify a situation where you felt you were treated unfairly. How has this affected your expectations and behaviors in relationships?

5. Resources and Legacies

What resources (emotional, financial, educational) were you given or denied in your family? How do you feel about this distribution?

6. Balancing Give and Take

Reflect on your current relationships. Are there imbalances in what is given and received? How can these be addressed?

7. Acknowledgment and Validation

Write about a time when you felt truly seen and acknowledged by someone. How did this impact your relationship?

8. Commitment to Change

Considering your insights from this worksheet, what commitments can you make to improve the dynamics of your relationships?

References

Boszormenyi-Nagy, I., & Krasner, B. R. (1986). Between Give and Take: A Clinical Guide to Contextual Therapy. New York: Brunner/Mazel.


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Please note: There may be a more up-to-date and editable version of this worksheet available here which may be more suitable to present to clients if you are a therapist or to use in a classroom as a teacher or guidance counsellor.

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