DBT House / DBH-A18-2
The Help-Seeking Path — Practice worksheet
Draw a routine support path and a higher-support path using existing care guidance and verified contacts chosen by the person.
15 minutes · Worksheet · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Riley wants to know whom to contact when familiar coping is insufficient.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. A visible route can make asking for support more concrete.
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
Draw a routine support path and a higher-support path using existing care guidance and verified contacts chosen by the person.
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 using this path easier? 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 using this path easier?
- 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.