DBT House / DBH-A13-2
A Place for Acceptance — Practice worksheet
Place one current reality in the structure and list actions still available for change or advocacy.
15 minutes · Worksheet · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Riley cannot undo a canceled plan and can ask about an alternative.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. Acceptance can acknowledge a present fact without approving harm.
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
Place one current reality in the structure and list actions still available for change or advocacy.
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 is true now, and what choice remains? 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 is true now, and what choice remains?
- 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.