Balanced Life Tools are GSC’s foundational tools that we teach in therapy. These worksheets are designed to increase healthy thinking, effective communication, and, emotional awareness.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

The Cognitive Model

Learn about the connection between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.

Cognitive Distortions

Learn about 15 types of unbalanced thinking that impact unbalanced emotions.

Cognitive Model Practice

Practice how to identify and reframe negative thoughts to change emotions and behaviors

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)

Checking The Facts

6 questions to help change emotion or intensity or emotion by challenging thoughts.

Dialectical Thinking

Check out these 25 examples of how to think with less rigidity.

Relationship Skills

Learn three different skills that can improve communication with others.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Exploring Values

Take time to explore values to help illuminate areas of life important to you.

SMART Goal Setting

4 steps to setting goals that help you stay committed to why you start and finish your goals.

Confronting Avoidance Worksheet

See the cost of avoiding uncomfortable beliefs and emotions, then take steps to face the fears.

Emotional Awareness and Communication

Emotion Wheels

Colorful wheels to help give you language to express comfortable or uncomfortable emotions.

Needs Wheel

Explore through this colorful wheel to identify our four basic needs and their associated needs.

I Statements

Learn the 4 step process to communicate effectively and gently in all relationships.