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Worksheets & handouts

Clean, evidence-based worksheets built to print on a single page. Print a blank copy to complete on paper with a client, or save as a PDF. Several also have an interactive on-screen version.

Safety Planning Template

A six-step collaborative safety plan for clients at risk of suicide — warning signs, coping strategies, supports, and making the environment safe.

Stanley–Brown Safety Planning InterventionOpen

Thought Record

A seven-column CBT worksheet for capturing an automatic thought, weighing the evidence, and building a balanced alternative — with a cognitive-distortion reference.

Cognitive behavioral therapy (Beck)Open

Values Clarification

An ACT exercise to rate life domains, define valued directions, and choose one committed action toward what matters most.

Acceptance & Commitment TherapyOpen

Weekly Mood Tracking Chart

A daily self-monitoring log of mood, sleep, energy, and triggers, with reflection prompts to bring to the next appointment.

CBT self-monitoringOpen

PHQ-A Adolescent Depression Screener

The PHQ-9 adapted for adolescents (ages 11–17): nine items with a response grid, scoring key, functional-impact prompt, and safety guidance on item 9.

Patient Health Questionnaire for Adolescents (PHQ-A)Open

Coping Skills Toolbox

Build a personal, organized set of go-to strategies across five categories — sensory, physical, cognitive, social, and emotional — ready before a crisis, not invented during one.

DBT & CBT coping-skills frameworksOpen

SMART Goals

Turn a broad hope into a Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound goal — with first steps, obstacles, and a confidence check. Built for treatment planning.

SMART goal framework (treatment planning)Open

Relapse Prevention Plan

Map triggers, early warning signs, coping strategies, and a support network for substance-use and behavioral-health recovery — with an emergency plan and NH crisis lines.

Marlatt & Gordon relapse-prevention modelOpen

Grounding Techniques Card

A pocket-sized card with the 5-4-3-2-1 sensory exercise, box breathing, and quick grounding skills for panic, anxiety, and dissociation. Print, cut out, and carry.

CBT & DBT distress-tolerance skillsOpen

Clinical Supervision Log

A paper record of supervised clinical experience toward licensure — date, hours, format, direct vs. indirect, focus, and supervisor sign-off, with running totals.

NH licensure supervised-experience documentationOpen

These handouts are general clinical tools, not a substitute for professional judgment or training in the underlying interventions. No information entered on paper is transmitted to or stored by Meridian.