Emotionally focused therapy / EFT-A17-2
Receiving Care without Debt — Practice worksheet
Notice what happens when support is offered and identify a response that preserves autonomy.
15 minutes · Worksheet · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Sam appreciates help with a task and worries it creates an unspoken debt.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. Care can be explored without assuming obligation or dependence is weakness.
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
Notice what happens when support is offered and identify a response that preserves autonomy.
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 would make receiving care feel clearer and freer? 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 would make receiving care feel clearer and freer?
- An optional next step, support, adaptation, or reason to stop:
Conceptual background
What is EFT? — International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy
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.