Trauma worksheets
Psychoeducation and stabilization tools to use alongside trauma-focused therapy.
Trauma work is most effective when it pairs phase-one stabilization (these worksheets) with later phase-two trauma processing led by a trained clinician. The materials here are stabilization-focused: window of tolerance, grounding, container imagery, and safe-place work.
If you are working with traumatic memories, please do so with a qualified trauma therapist; these worksheets are designed to support that work, not replace it.
All Trauma worksheets (14)
Imaginal Exposure Script
A guided script for repeatedly visualizing a feared scenario in detail until distress habituates.
Radical Acceptance Reflection
A worksheet for practicing acceptance of a reality you cannot currently change without endorsing it.
Five-Senses Grounding Exercise
A short worksheet that walks you through naming five things you can see, four hear, three touch, two smell, and one taste.
Window of Tolerance Map
A worksheet for plotting your nervous-system states and the cues that signal you're leaving your window.
Container Visualization Script
A guided imagery script for temporarily setting aside intrusive material in a mental container until session.
Safe Place Imagery Script
A grounding imagery script for building a vivid, sensory mental refuge you can visit when activated.
Grounding Skills Menu
A printable menu of grounding skills (5-4-3-2-1, cold water, naming objects) organized by intensity.
Trigger Tracking Sheet
A trauma-informed worksheet for mapping triggers, body cues, and coping responses without going into trauma content.
Resource Building Inventory
A worksheet for cataloguing your existing internal and external resources before any deeper trauma work.
Pendulation Practice Card
A short reference for moving attention between activated and calm states, drawn from somatic experiencing.
Flashback Halt Card
A pocket-sized printable for use when flashbacks begin — orienting prompts, breathing, name, date, location.
Compassion-Focused Imagery Script
A guided imagery script in the Compassion-Focused Therapy tradition for cultivating an inner compassionate figure.
OCD Imaginal Exposure Script
An imaginal exposure script for the feared outcome behind a specific obsession.
Trauma Anniversary Plan
A pre-anniversary worksheet for naming the date, the anticipated reactions, and the supports you want in place.