Cognitive behavioral therapy
CBT Thought Record
A guided cognitive behavioral exercise for examining situations, automatic thoughts, emotions, evidence, and more balanced interpretations.
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Free counseling worksheets & resources
Plain-language information can make it easier to ask good questions, compare options, and enter counseling with realistic expectations.
Guides & handouts
Helpful information you can read or print.
Client handouts are educational resources and do not replace individualized counseling, diagnosis, or crisis support.
CBT tools
Structured worksheets for noticing thought patterns and practicing more balanced responses.
Cognitive behavioral therapy
CBT Thought Log
A landscape worksheet for recording several situations, automatic thoughts, emotions, alternative responses, and outcomes on one printable page.
View CBT Thought LogCognitive behavioral therapy
Common Cognitive Distortions
An introduction to common thinking patterns that can intensify distress, with questions that support more accurate and flexible thinking.
View Common Cognitive DistortionsEmotion regulation & grounding
Practical skills for understanding nervous-system states and responding to intense moments.
Emotional regulation
Window of Tolerance
A self-reflection guide for recognizing regulated, hyperaroused, and hypoaroused states and identifying strategies that support regulation.
View Window of ToleranceCoping and regulation
Grounding Skills
A collection of sensory, movement, breathing, and orienting techniques that can help restore present-moment awareness during distress.
View Grounding SkillsGuided relaxation
Progressive Muscle Relaxation
A guided audio exercise for gently tensing and releasing major muscle groups while developing greater awareness of physical tension.
Listen and readDialectical behavior therapy
DBT STOP Skill
A dialectical behavior therapy skill for pausing, observing internal and external cues, and responding more effectively during intense moments.
View DBT STOP SkillInterpersonal effectiveness
Tools for making requests, setting limits, and communicating more effectively.
Interpersonal effectiveness
DBT DEAR MAN
A structured interpersonal-effectiveness worksheet for planning a clear request, communicating a boundary, and negotiating workable alternatives.
View DBT DEAR MANInterpersonal effectiveness
Healthy Boundaries
A practical guide for clarifying personal limits, communicating needs directly, and planning appropriate follow-through.
View Healthy BoundariesRelationships & values
Exercises for communication, connection, and values-guided action.
Communication skills
The Four Horsemen
An overview of four destructive communication patterns—criticism, contempt, defensiveness, and stonewalling—with healthier alternatives for navigating conflict.
View The Four HorsemenCouples and relationships
Love Maps
A relationship-building exercise designed to deepen partners’ knowledge of one another’s experiences, stressors, preferences, and hopes.
View Love MapsValues and direction
Values Checklist
A structured checklist for identifying personally meaningful values, narrowing priorities, and choosing small actions that reflect what matters most.
View Values ChecklistPlanning counseling
Clear guidance about choosing care, understanding costs, preparing for sessions, and finding urgent support.
Finding fit
How to choose a therapist
A practical guide to fit, credentials, methods, identity, scheduling, cost, and the first few sessions.
Meet our therapistsUnderstanding care
What evidence-based counseling means
Understand how research, clinician expertise, and client goals work together.
Understand our approachPractical details
Insurance, fees & billing
Questions to ask your plan, what common billing codes mean, and why coverage varies by clinician and service.
Review fees and insuranceGetting started
Preparing for a first session
What to bring, what you may be asked, and how to raise concerns or preferences from the start.
Prepare for your first sessionTransparency
Client rights & professional credentials
Where to verify licenses and how ethical codes and complaint processes protect clients.
View Client rights & professional credentialsSafety
Crisis and urgent support
Know which resources to use when a website inquiry or routine appointment is not enough.
View urgent supportPlanning your care
Counseling fees, insurance & EAPs
Review self-pay rates, supervised intern sessions, insurance cost-sharing, and how to check your benefits before an appointment.
See fees and insuranceYour first session
Expect questions—and bring your own.
The first appointment commonly covers your current concern, relevant history, safety, goals, confidentiality, practice policies, and an initial plan. You do not have to tell your entire life story at once.
Professional transparency
Verify credentials
Use the Georgia Secretary of State license-verification system and relevant national credentialing boards.
Understand confidentiality
Your clinician should explain privacy and its legal and ethical limits before treatment.
Raise concerns
You may ask questions, discuss problems in care, request records as permitted, or use a licensing-board complaint process.
Urgent support
A website inquiry is not monitored as a crisis service.
Immediate danger: Call 911 or go to the nearest emergency department.
Suicide or mental health crisis in the U.S.: Call or text 988.
Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741.