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Handouts

Handouts Sarah wrote for clients, to read or print, and a few from other trusted sources.

Handouts from Sarah

Finding Calm: The Empty Space Visualization

A guided imagery exercise for stepping back from an overwhelming feeling by picturing it as an object in open space.

Reclaiming Your Energy: Prevent Burnout

Practical ways to ease work burnout without leaving your job: boundaries, reshaping your work, focusing on what you control, and real rest.

Journal Prompts for Easing Anxiety

Gentle writing prompts for anxious moments, focused on calm, gratitude, self-appreciation and good memories.

Grief Questions

Reflection questions for someone grieving a loved one: feelings, support, memories and comfort.

Questions to Reflect on the Year

Six year-end questions about joy, energy, habits, control and forgiveness.

Navigating Difficult Workplace Dynamics

Ways to stay steady and keep your boundaries when someone at work talks over you or tries to dominate: grounding, unhooking from thoughts, and calm, factual responses.

From other trusted sources

  • How to stop a panic attack (Medical News Today)

    Practical ways to get through a panic attack, such as slow breathing, grounding and muscle relaxation, and when to get treatment.

  • 6 ways to conquer driving-related anxiety and panic (Psychology Today (Seth J. Gillihan, PhD))

    A psychologist’s CBT strategies for fear of driving: questioning catastrophic thoughts and gradually facing the road again.

  • How to self-soothe anxious attachment triggers (The Attachment Project)

    Common relationship triggers for anxiously attached people, and ways to calm yourself when they hit.

  • How to make a genogram (Olive Me Counseling (Joanne B. Kim, LMFT))

    A step-by-step guide to drawing a three-generation family diagram and spotting patterns passed down.

  • Self-compassion break (Kristin Neff, PhD (self-compassion.org))

    A short exercise for stressful moments, from the researcher who developed it.

  • Treatment-resistant depression (Mayo Clinic)

    What it means when depression doesn’t improve with standard treatment, and the further options doctors consider.

These handouts are for education and self-care. They are not medical advice, a diagnosis or a substitute for counseling. If you are in crisis, call or text 988, or call 911 in an emergency.