DBT House / DBH-A12-2
The Roof of Protection — Practice worksheet
Identify supports that reduce exposure to stress or harm and note what requires professional or community help.
15 minutes · Worksheet · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Riley needs a workplace accommodation as well as a coping plan.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. Protection can include services and environmental changes, not only coping skills.
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
Identify supports that reduce exposure to stress or harm and note what requires professional or community help.
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
Which protective change belongs outside the individual? 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:
- Which protective change belongs outside the individual?
- 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.