Teen therapy worksheets

Teen worksheets that treat adolescents as the adults-in-training they are.

Ten worksheets for teens 13–18 — regulation, sleep, self-harm safety, phone use, family, peer, school, identity, and social media. Written to be read by the teen, not at them.

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Skills
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Teen Emotion Regulation Toolkit

Top moves when a wave hits

Evidence-based teen-friendly regulation moves and a weekly log of what actually worked.

Adolescents with big waves; DBT-informed teen work; parent-supported home practice.
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Digital
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Teen Phone Agreement

Written by the teen, kept by the teen

Teen-authored phone agreement: what it's for, where it isn't, apps that harm, how parents can bring it up.

Family screen conflict; anxiety and sleep tied to phone use; family-therapy adjunct.
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Sleep
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Teen Sleep Reset Worksheet

Three realistic anchors

Diary + three anchors (wake time, morning light, phone out of bedroom) — sleep as the lever on everything else.

Adolescents with mood, school, or attention concerns downstream of poor sleep.
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Safety
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Teen Self-Harm Safety Sheet

Function, alternatives, delay, means

Non-judgmental harm reduction: name the function, try alternatives, delay commitment, restrict means.

NSSI in adolescents; family-informed safety planning; DBT-informed teen work.
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Family
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Teen Autonomy Request Sheet

Ask as a proposal, not a fight

Specific asks with plans and check-ins — the frame that gets 'yes' from parents more often than not.

Adolescents pushing for expanded freedom; family therapy homework.
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Peer
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Teen Friendship Conflict Worksheet

Under the anger — what am I actually asking for?

Slow the friend fight down: behavioral facts, feelings underneath, what I actually want, one draft to send.

Adolescent peer conflict; social media-mediated ruptures; group-chat fallout.
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School
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Teen Academic Pressure Worksheet

Required vs perfectionist add-ons

Separate what school actually requires from what perfectionism is stacking on top; one 80% experiment.

Anxious high-achievers; burnout in adolescents; parent-fueled academic pressure.
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Identity
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Teen Identity Exploration Worksheet

Trying on is not confusion

Space for values, style, spirituality, gender, sexuality, culture, career — held without demand for a final answer.

Adolescent identity work; parents worried about identity fluidity; affirming care.
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Family
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Talking to Your Parents Worksheet

For the teen side of the conversation

Frame, timing, and an opening line for saying the hard thing to a parent so it lands.

Adolescents preparing a hard conversation with parents; DBT DEAR MAN teen adaptation.
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Digital
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Social Media Comparison Audit

Feeds are edited highlights

Audit accounts that make you feel worse, what they're selling, and a one-week rebalancing experiment.

Adolescent body image, mood, or comparison distress; social-media-driven anxiety.
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Frequently asked questions

For younger children?+

For 5–12, use the For Kids section. These worksheets assume adolescent reading level and adolescent developmental tasks.