Free printable from a child clinical psychologist

ABC Anxiety Worksheet: understand the thoughts behind anxious feelings

This printable worksheet uses the ABC model from cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), one of the best-researched approaches for anxiety. It helps you or your child slow down and see how a situation, a thought and a feeling link together. Suitable from around age 9 to adult.

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The free ABC Anxiety Worksheet by Dr Lucy Russell

What's inside

A blank ABC worksheet to fill in whenever an anxious thought causes problems
Two completed examples, one from a young person's point of view and one from a parent's
Three clear steps: what happened, what you believed and what followed

Dr Lucy Russell, child clinical psychologist

From me

I'm Dr Lucy Russell, a child clinical psychologist with over 20 years of clinical experience. I have used this worksheet in clinic for years. Writing a worry down in three steps makes it much easier to look at clearly and to question.

"Lucy took great care to listen to us carefully, identify the issues and help us understand our son's behaviour."Parent at Lucy's Clinic, Everlief Child Psychology