Printable DBT worksheets: skills workbook with a weekly diary card

Printable DBT worksheets give you a gentle place to rehearse every core DBT skill, whether that is staying present, surviving a crisis, managing big feelings or handling relationships with care. Across 20 undated pages, you move from wise mind and STOP through to a DEAR MAN script, a diary card for each week and a chain analysis. You download US Letter and A4 PDF files instantly, and nothing is shipped.

Each page keeps things simple, so you can focus on the skill rather than the paperwork.

How these printable DBT worksheets support your practice

Every skill gets its own sheet, with a brief explanation and room to write. You can work through them between therapy sessions or on your own, bit by bit.

In an overwhelming moment, three pages (STOP, weighing pros and cons, and soothing your senses) help you get through without making things worse. Logging emotions, testing them against the facts and trying the opposite action help you understand strong feelings and choose a response. A weekly diary card records emotions, urges and the skills you used, ready to take to your sessions. Since nothing is dated, you can print a new diary card every week.

Who these DBT worksheets are for

• Clients in DBT therapy or skills groups looking for tidy sheets to practice with between appointments
• People who feel emotions intensely and want simple, step by step tools for difficult moments
• Those hoping to express needs and boundaries more calmly with DEAR MAN, GIVE and FAST
• Anyone who likes to reflect and track their progress on paper

Design and printing

• Clean white pages with delicate blush pink accents, elegant and easy on ink
• Wide margins on every page, so a home printer cuts nothing off
• Portrait format in A4 (210 x 297 mm) and US Letter (8.5 x 11 in)
• Undated, so you can start whenever you like and print fresh diary cards and worksheets as needed
• Keep it in a binder, clip it to a board or have it spiral bound at a print shop

Inside the printable DBT worksheets: 20 pages

1. 1Cover showing the contents, with lines for your name and the date you begin
2. 2Start here, an easy introduction to the four skill areas, a notes space for each and your reasons for practicing
3. 3Wise mind, a diagram showing emotion mind, reasonable mind and wise mind, and what each one tells you about your situation
4. 4Mindfulness practice using observe, describe and participate, a practice log of 8 rows and what you noticed about your mind during the week
5. 5STOP skill (stop, take a step back, observe, proceed mindfully), with writing space for every step and how it turned out
6. 6Pros and cons, four boxes weighing acting on an urge against not acting on it, and what wise mind says
7. 7Self-soothe and distract, a box for sight, sound, smell, taste and touch, plus seven distraction ideas covering activities, contributing, thoughts and more
8. 8Radical acceptance, naming what is hard to accept, the facts you cannot change, acceptance statements and your next possible step
9. 9Emotion log with a list of feeling words and 12 rows for the event, the emotion, a 1 to 10 intensity, what you did and whether it helped, plus patterns
10. 10Check the facts, a five step path that starts with the event and asks whether your emotion matches the facts, ending with your next move
11. 11Opposite action, sample responses for fear, sadness, anger and shame, a step by step plan for your own and a before and after check on your feelings
12. 12Caring for my body, a weekly grid for sleep, eating, exercise, health needs, alcohol and caffeine, fresh air and rest
13. 13Positive experiences, a space to collect little joys, note what you enjoyed this week, set a bigger goal with one small opening step and list what you are excited about
14. 14DEAR MAN script for planning a tough conversation, with a box for every letter: describe, express, assert, reinforce, stay mindful, appear confident, negotiate
15. 15GIVE and FAST, two short guides for protecting both the relationship and your self-respect, plus an upcoming conversation and how it went
16. 16My values and boundaries, 16 values to tick, your top 5, how they look in everyday life, your boundaries and ways to protect them
17. 17Weekly diary card, a seven day grid for rating emotions, logging urges and ticking skills, plus the week's most useful skill
18. 18Chain analysis, seven connected links tracing the behavior back through vulnerability factors and the trigger, then what followed and which skill could break the chain next time
19. 19My skills toolkit, listing go-to skills for each feeling, helpful people and places, your therapist or doctor and crisis line numbers
20. 20Reflection notes, for this week's insights, questions for your therapist and lined notes

What you download

• DBT Skills Worksheets, US Letter PDF (20 pages)
• DBT Skills Worksheets, A4 PDF (20 pages)
• Read Me First, a short PDF printing guide

How to download and print

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• Print only the pages you need, as often as you like, for your own personal use.

Good to know

• The worksheets come as a PDF for printing, not a hyperlinked digital planner. You can still import them into most note taking apps and write on them.
• This is a digital download. Nothing physical is shipped.
• Colors may look a little different on paper than on screen.
• Licensed for your personal use. Sharing, reselling or redistributing the files is not allowed.
• Digital files cannot be returned. If a file does not open or print correctly, email us and we will help right away.
• Use these pages to learn and practice. They do not give therapy or medical advice and are no replacement for a qualified professional. In a crisis, please phone your local emergency number or a crisis line.

How this was made

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