Healing-Informed Practices

	Focus Area	Prompt Description
1	Awareness of Emotions	Identify and write down three emotions you felt strongly this week. Reflect on what might have triggered them.
2	Challenging Negative Thoughts	Consider a recent negative thought. Write it down and challenge it with three positive counter-statements.
3	Coping Strategies	List three coping strategies that help you during stressful times. How can you apply them more regularly?
4	Mindfulness	Spend five minutes practicing mindfulness. Note your experience and any challenges you faced.
5	Reflections on Progress	Reflect on a past difficulty. How did you overcome it? What did you learn about your resilience?

References

Briere, J., & Scott, C. (2015). Principles of Trauma Therapy: A Guide to Symptoms, Evaluation, and Treatment (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.

Kabat-Zinn, J. (1990). Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness. New York, NY: Delta.

Beck, J. S. (2011). Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Basics and Beyond (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Guilford Press.

You can download more Mental Health worksheets here.

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.

Healing-Informed Practices

Focus Area

Prompt Description

1

Awareness of Emotions

Identify and write down three emotions you felt strongly this week. Reflect on what might have triggered them.

2

Challenging Negative Thoughts

Consider a recent negative thought. Write it down and challenge it with three positive counter-statements.

3

Coping Strategies

List three coping strategies that help you during stressful times. How can you apply them more regularly?

4

Mindfulness

Spend five minutes practicing mindfulness. Note your experience and any challenges you faced.

5

Reflections on Progress

Reflect on a past difficulty. How did you overcome it? What did you learn about your resilience?

References