Safety Behaviours for Anxiety Worksheet

Safety behaviours are those behaviours we employ to get out of anxiety-inducing situations

1. Write down situations where you use safety behaviours. Identify your safety behaviours. Write how you respond to the situations

2. Write how these behaviours influence your life.

3. List down values that are valuable and important to you. Write how close you are to these values.

4. Write down mindful strategies to tackle the safety behaviour-inducing situations.

5. Write down statements of commitment towards your safety behaviours (e.g I will be committed to facing discomfort)

References

1. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in the treatment of anxiety 

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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 counselor.