Empower Your Mind with Free Mental Health Workbooks

 Empower Your Mind with Free Mental Health Workbooks

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 This group of workbooks and guides are on mental health issues you or someone you may know may be experiencing. I firmly believe that mental health resources should be accessible to everyone, regardless of financial constraints. To my knowledge all workbooks and guides are available to the public. 

Spoiler Alert: There is no information on ADHD

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Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)

DBT is very skill-based, and while it’s used most often for borderline personality disorder, many of the skills can also be useful to people with other mental health issues.

Here are links to some free DBT worksheets and workbooks:

• DBT handouts from psychologist Dr. Linda Olson
• DBT Fosters Recovery and Resiliency Handouts
• DBT Peer Connections: DBT skills in a massively open online course format
• DBT Skills Application: a DBT self-help site with links to skills worksheets
• DBT Skills Handbook from Fulton State Hospital: available from a number of sources, including My Journey Through Madness
• DBT Skills Workbook for Rec Therapy Sessions from RecTherapyToday
• Dealing with Distress: distress tolerance workbook
• Dialecticalbehaviortherapy.com: videos, written info, and worksheets
• Diary card from University of Washington
• Dr. Mark Purcell: DBT youth group manual (link goes straight to a .docx download)
• ilovedbt.wordpress.com: DBT skills micro-lessons, handouts, and worksheets
• Mind Body Soul Therapy: free online mini DBT intro course
• Now Matters Now: diary card | skills practice worksheet
• Open-Minded Thinking DBT workbook
• Regulator Workbook: DBT skills manual from Mission Australia
• The DBT Homework Assignment Workbook: from Between Sessions Resources

• Between Sessions Resources:
  • Breaking Free of Addiction
  • Don’t Let Your Worries Run Your Life: Therapeutic Assignments to Help You Overcome Your Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Overcoming Your Binge Eating Disorder
  • Overcoming Your Dental Anxiety
  • Overcoming Your OCD: A Therapy Assignment Workbook
  • Panic Attack Workbook: focus is on practicing skills
  • The PTSD Workbook
  • Tools for Helping Anxious Teens Workbook
  • Your Most Important Assignment Is You: A Workbook of Mental Health Activities for Teens

• Coping skills handouts & worksheets from Harborview Center for Sexual Assault & Traumatic Stress
• Dealing with Psychosis Toolkit: this toolkit from Fraser Health Authority provides information about psychosis and skills that can help to manage it
• Living Successfully With a Mood Disorder Plan workbook from the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA)
• My Group Guide: many worksheets are for members only, but there are also quite a few free resources
• Queens University self-help workbooks on improving mood, managing anxiety, and self-care
• STAIR for trauma web group handouts & worksheets from Kaiser Permanente
• The Wellness Society has a guide on How to Beat the Winter Blues, a Coronavirus Anxiety Workbook, and lots of other free resources
• Wellness worksheets (e.g. positive self-talk, resilience, self-love) from Western Washington University Counseling Center
• Your Recovery Journey workbook from the Schizophrenia Society of Canada

Here are links to some free CBT worksheets and workbooks:

• A Course in CBT Techniques: A Free Online CBT Workbook from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Los Angeles
• Anger Management for Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health Clients: Participant Workbook from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
• Antidepressant Skills Workbook from CAMHA: a good intro for people who are new to CBT for depression, but might feel a little too basic if you are familiar with CBT

• Behavioural activation booklets from the NHS: this series of booklets focuses on the behavioural activation aspect of CBT for depression
• Behavioral Activation for Depression workbook from the University of Michigan

• CBT group program manuals for Depression  from the University of Michigan: these manuals are meant to be used as part of a group program, but they’re clearly laid out and have exercises you can work on on your own
• CBT+ Notebook: CBT handouts and worksheets from the Harborview Abuse & Trauma Center
• CBT Skills Training Workbook: from the NHS, focused on low mood and anxiety
• Centre for Clinical Interventions: this Australian organization has workbooks/worksheets for a wide variety of mental health concerns
• Clinical Research Unit for Anxiety and Depression: workbooks for generalized anxiety disorder, PTSD, OCD, panic disorder, social phobia, and specific phobias

Large Collections of Worksheets

• GetSelfHelp: worksheets galore on a variety of topics
• PositivePsychology.com: info and worksheets based on a number of different therapy models, including CBT, DBT, and positive psychotherapy
• Psychology Tools: has a wide variety of worksheets, including CBT and DBT-based
• Therapist Aid: worksheets that are geared for therapists to use with their clients.

• Living CBT self-help resources

• Managing Depression: A Self-Help Skills Resource for Women Living with Depression During Pregnancy, After Delivery, and Beyond
• Mind Over Mood – worksheets to accompany the book

• NHS inform: self-help guides for anxiety, depression, trauma-informed CBT, and other topics

• TF-CBT Workbook: trauma-focused CBT for teens
• Think CBT Workbook: ThinkCBT also has other resources based on CBT, ACT, and compassion-focused therapy

• Your Best You: Managing Your Anxiety from Queen’s University

Thanks to mentalhealthathome

• Happiness 101 Workbook | (Printable workbook) Source: Patricia Thompson, PhD, 22 pages
• Happy for No Reason | (Printable workbook) Source: Happy for No Reason, 28 pages
• HERO: Healthy Emotions and ImpRoving Health Behavior Outcomes (for Veterans) | (Printable workbook) 110 pages
• How to be Mentally Healthy at Work | Source: Mind UK, 17 pages
• How to Just Do It: Help Yourself to Overcome Procrastination | Source: University of Exeter, 27 pages
• Introduction to Reducing Perfectionism | Source: The Wellness Society, 9 pages (2020)
• It Makes Me Happy! A Workbook to Help Women of All Ages Discover Joy in Everyday Living | Source: Penelope Dart, Lynne Hyer, Beth Enos, Karla Buckley, Amber Dart, & Daniela Kouzov, 42 pages (2007)  

         Choosing Sleep: An Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Course | Source:  Kind Minds, 27 pages (2015)

• Get to Bed and Get Some Sleep! | Source: University of Exeter, 35 pages
• Improve Your Sleep: A Self-Guided Approach for Veterans with Insomnia | (Printable workbook) Source: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 90 pages (2018)
• The Power of Sleep: Participant Workbook | Source: Pinellas County Employee Wellness Program, 64 pages (2019)
• Sleeping Problems: An NHS Self-Help Guide | (Booklet) Source: NHS, 24 pages (2020)
• Sleep Mode | Source: Human Performance Programs, 33 pages
• Your Guide to Healthy Sleep | Source: US Department of Health and Human Services, 72 pages (2005)