Exposure Therapy worksheets

The behavioral spine of treatment for anxiety, panic, OCD, and PTSD.


Exposure therapy works by systematically helping a person re-encounter feared situations, memories, or sensations under conditions that allow new learning to take place.

It is the most empirically supported component across all anxiety disorders.

All Exposure Therapy worksheets (14)

EXPOSURE

Exposure Hierarchy Builder

A SUDS-rated ladder of feared situations from easiest to hardest, used to plan a graded exposure program.

Anxiety Panic Social Anxiety
EXPOSURE

Imaginal Exposure Script

A guided script for repeatedly visualizing a feared scenario in detail until distress habituates.

Anxiety Trauma
EXPOSURE

Interoceptive Exposure Menu

A list of brief physical exercises (spinning, hyperventilating, breath-holding) used to expose to feared bodily sensations.

Panic Anxiety
EXPOSURE

Exposure Tracking Sheet

A repeated-trial log for tracking SUDS across exposure sessions to make habituation visible.

Anxiety Panic
EXPOSURE

Safety Behavior Audit

A worksheet for identifying the small protective rituals that prevent a feared situation from being a true exposure.

Anxiety Social Anxiety Panic
EXPOSURE

Post-Exposure Reflection

A debrief worksheet for capturing what was learned from an exposure session and updating predictions.

Anxiety Panic Social Anxiety
EXPOSURE

In Vivo Exposure Planner

A planner for setting up real-world exposure tasks with clear start and stop conditions.

Anxiety Social Anxiety
EXPOSURE

Exposure Prediction Sheet

A pre-exposure worksheet for writing down your predictions so they can be checked against what actually happens.

Anxiety Panic
EXPOSURE

Habituation Curve Diagram

A printable graph for plotting SUDS during an exposure to make the falling curve concrete.

Anxiety Panic
EXPOSURE

Inhibitory Learning Worksheet

A modern-exposure worksheet for tracking expectancy violations rather than fear reduction.

Anxiety
EXPOSURE

Exposure Fear-Cue Inventory

A worksheet for itemizing the specific cues that trigger your feared response.

Anxiety
EXPOSURE

OCD Response Prevention Plan

A planner for structured ERP — what triggers, what response to prevent, what alternative response to choose.

Anxiety
EXPOSURE

Driving Anxiety Hierarchy

A specialized exposure hierarchy for driving avoidance, from short stretches to highways.

Anxiety
EXPOSURE

OCD Imaginal Exposure Script

An imaginal exposure script for the feared outcome behind a specific obsession.

Anxiety Trauma