Dialectical behavior therapy / DBT-A02-2
Wise Mind Pause — Practice worksheet
List emotional information, practical facts, and a response that takes both seriously.
15 minutes · Worksheet · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Taylor wants to send a sharp message and also wants to preserve a working relationship.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. Emotion and reason can both contribute to a considered response.
1. Choose a workable example
Use the fictional example below or an ordinary situation of your choosing. Keep identifying details out of shared copies.
2. Try the practice
List emotional information, practical facts, and a response that takes both seriously.
3. Compare possibilities
Generate at least two interpretations or options. Mark what you know, what you are guessing, and what remains outside your control.
4. Decide together
What response respects the feeling and the longer-term aim? Choose one small action, a support request, or no action. Review the fit with your clinician when relevant.
Prompts for this resource
- My chosen or fictional situation, and what I know about it:
- My response to the practice task above:
- What response respects the feeling and the longer-term aim?
- An optional next step, support, adaptation, or reason to stop:
Conceptual background
Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training: Fundamentals — Behavioral Tech Institute
Background on the approach only. Original exercises and wording are by More Than Therapy with AI assistance; the source does not validate or endorse these materials.