Art Therapy: Emotional Processing & Therapeutic Support Worksheets

THE WORRY TREE

The Worry Tree is a visual way to help you manage your anxious thoughts.It guides you to distinguish whether you are experiencing a real worrying event or a hypothetical worry, and then to engage in some coping skills.

Be realistic. How likely is it to happen?

Time to let the worry go.

Pract ice mindfulness

Think positively

Do all that I can and all that is in my control .

Control my breathing

Chal lenge my negative thoughts. Use my coping skills

Action plan

What can I do?

What can I do?

This is a 'what if" or hypothetical worry. It may be an extreme reaction or based on bias thinking and emot ions.

This is a practical worry, something that is relevant to the circumstance.

YES

NO

Is there something i can do about it?

What is the worry?

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