About MindWork Tools

A free library of evidence-based worksheets and exercises drawn from cognitive-behavioral therapy and adjacent practices.

What we do

MindWork Tools is a growing collection of practical worksheets, handouts, and exercises that translate the core skills of cognitive-behavioral therapy into something you can actually pick up and use today. We focus on the kind of tools therapists hand to clients between sessions — thought records, behavioral activation logs, exposure hierarchies, mindfulness scripts, value clarification exercises — and we try to present them in a way that is honest about what they ask of you and clear about how to use them.

Everything on this site is free to read, print, and share. We do not gate content behind email signups, account creation, or paid plans. If a worksheet is here, you can use it.

Who it's for

We built this with three audiences in mind. The first is the therapist or counselor who needs a clean handout to give a client tonight. The second is the graduate student or trainee learning CBT for the first time and trying to make sense of how the techniques fit together. The third is the curious individual — maybe someone in therapy themselves, maybe someone who isn't — who wants to understand what these tools are actually doing and how to practice them well.

None of the content here is a substitute for working with a qualified mental health professional, but a lot of it is the same content you would encounter in that work. The hope is that making it more visible makes the work itself more accessible.

Our approach

The library leans heavily on cognitive-behavioral therapy, with significant content drawn from acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), behavioral activation, and mindfulness-based approaches. We organize by both topic (what you're working on — anxiety, depression, sleep, anger) and approach (which framework the worksheet comes from), so you can find what you need from either direction.

Each worksheet includes a description of what it's for, when to use it, step-by-step instructions, an example where helpful, and notes for clinicians who might be assigning it. Where the evidence base is strong we say so plainly; where the technique is more practical wisdom than rigorously studied protocol, we try to be honest about that too.

What it isn't

This site is not a treatment program, a diagnostic tool, or crisis support. If you are in crisis, please contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (in the United States) or your local emergency number. Worksheets cannot replace professional care, and the things they ask you to do — examine difficult thoughts, sit with painful feelings, take steps that feel risky — are usually best done with someone who knows you.

Get in touch

If you spot an error, want to suggest a worksheet, or have feedback, head over to the contact page. We read everything.