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Anxiety Worksheets & Activities
These activities help kids and teens move from spiraling worry to grounded action. They are built for therapy sessions and work just as well as homework between visits.
Circles of Control
Sort worries into what you can control, influence, or let go. The #1 anxiety management activity made interactive.
ClinicalAnxiety management · Locus of control · ACT
Body Map Check-in
Place colored dots on a body silhouette to show where feelings live physically. No words required.
ClinicalSomatic awareness · Emotion identification · Body-based processing
Worry Box
Write worries down, lock them in a box, and open it with your therapist. Externalizes anxiety into something containable.
ClinicalAnxiety externalization · Containment · Distress tolerance
Wise Mind
DBT framework: reasonable mind + emotion mind = wise mind. Map yours and find the part that already knows what to do.
ClinicalDBT skills · Emotion regulation · Wise Mind state
5-4-3-2-1 Grounding
Five things you see, four you feel, three you hear, two you smell, one you taste. A staircase out of a panic moment.
ClinicalAnxiety · Panic · Dissociation · Grounding
Feelings Chart
A grid of feeling faces with words. Pick the one that matches how you're feeling right now.
ClinicalEmotion identification · Affect labeling · Vocabulary building
Calm-Down Jar
Shake the jar. Watch the glitter swirl, then slowly settle. Your thoughts do the same thing.
ClinicalAnxiety · Co-regulation · Mindfulness
Feelings Thermometer
An interactive thermometer for rating distress intensity. Simple, visual, and intuitive.
ClinicalDistress rating · Emotion regulation · SUDS scaling