DBT House / DBH-A17-2
The Utilities of Daily Care — Practice worksheet
Map supports for rest, nourishment, prescribed care, and manageable routines without offering medical instructions.
15 minutes · Worksheet · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Riley's irregular work hours make routine care harder.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. Daily needs depend on resources and health as well as habits.
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
Map supports for rest, nourishment, prescribed care, and manageable routines without offering medical instructions.
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 practical support is missing from the design? 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 practical support is missing from the design?
- 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.