The MRP Clinical Resource Library: An Essential Collection

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Please Note: This Page Is a Work in Progress!

I am still building and expanding this resource library, but there’s no need to wait! All currently listed resources are available for you to explore and use. New tools, guides, assessments, and other free resources are being added regularly, so bookmark this page and check back often. There’s always something new to discover!

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Last reviewed and updated: October 2026

Welcome to the MRP Mental Health Clinical Resource Library, a growing collection of practical, evidence-informed resources for counselors, therapists, social workers, students, and other behavioral health professionals. With the exception of recommended books and some of the courses, all clinical tools are free.

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Here you’ll find free resources, training materials, and plenty of other useful finds from universities, government agencies, researchers, nonprofits, and trusted mental health organizations. This resource library primarily focuses on tools for adults and adolescents, although a smaller selection of materials for children and families is included.

Resources are provided for educational and informational purposes only.

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Assessment Resource Library

Please note that not all assessments are created equal. The tools included in this library vary in their purpose, quality, reliability, validity, and intended use, and not all have been clinically validated. Inclusion in this resource library does not constitute an endorsement of any particular measure. Please review the available research, psychometric properties, intended population, scoring guidelines, and applicable copyright or usage restrictions before using any assessment in clinical practice.

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Addiction & Substance Use Disorders

Aggressiveness & Hostility

Anger

Anxiety & Panic Disorders

Bipolar & Depressive Disorders

Body Image & Eating Disorders

Boundaries & Attachment Styles

Compassion & Self-Compassion

Domestic Violence & Sex Addiction

Emotions, Coping, & Emotion Regulation

Grief & Loss

Insomnia & Sleep

Mindfulness

Motivation & Self-Determination

Neurodivergence

OCD & Related Disorders

Personality Assessments

Personality Disorders

Positive Psychology & Wellbeing

Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders & Psychosis

Self & Identity

Sex, Relationships, & Communication

Suicide & NSSI

  • Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale PDF scale
  • Deliberate Self-Harm Inventory Measurement of deliberate self-harm (PDF)
  • Imminent Risk and Action Plan Assessment/plan (Source: University of Washington Center for Behavioral Technology)
  • Lifetime – Suicide Attempt Self-Injury Count (L-SASI) Instructions Scoring The L-SASI is an interview to obtain a detailed lifetime history of non-suicidal self-injury and suicidal behavior. Citation: Linehan, M. M. &, Comtois, K. (1996). Lifetime Parasuicide History. University of Washington, Seattle, WA, Unpublished work. (Source: University of Washington Center for Behavioral Technology)
  • Lineham Risk Assessment and Management Protocol Citation: Linehan, M. M. (2009). University of Washington Risk Assessment Action Protocol: UWRAMP, University of WA, Unpublished work. (Source: University of Washington Center for Behavioral Technology)
  • Non-Suicidal Self-Injury Assessment Tool Brief Version Full Version Assessment tool (Source: Cornell Research Program on Self-Injury and Recovery)
  • NSSI Severity Assessment A PDF assessment tool to assess the severity of non-suicidal self-injury (Source: Cornell Research Program on Self-Injury and Recovery)
  • Reasons for Living Scale Scoring Instructions RFL Scale (long form – 72 items) RFL Scale (short form – 48 items) The RFL is a self-report questionnaire that measures clients’ expectancies about the consequences of living versus killing oneself and assesses the importance of various reasons for living. The measure has six subscales: Survival and Coping Beliefs, Responsibility to Family, Child-Related Concerns, Fear of Suicide, Fear of Social Disapproval, and Moral Objections. Citation: Linehan M. M., Goodstein J. L., Nielsen S. L., & Chiles J. A. (1983). Reasons for staying alive when you are thinking of killing yourself: The Reasons for Living Inventory. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 51, 276-286. (Source: University of Washington Center for Behavioral Technology)
  • SAFE-T Pocket Card: Suicide Assessment Five-Step Evaluation and Triage for Clinicians Free download from SAMHSA
  • Self-Injury Questionnaire To assess self-harm (PDF assessment in appendix)
  • Suicide Attempt Self-Injury Interview (SASII) SASII Instructions For Published SASII SASII Standard Short Form with Supplemental Questions SASII Short Form with Variable Labels SASII Scoring Syntax Detailed Explanation of SPSS Scoring Syntax The SASII (formerly the PHI) is an interview to collect details of the topography, intent, medical severity, social context, precipitating and concurrent events, and outcomes of non-suicidal self-injury and suicidal behavior during a target time period. Major SASII outcome variables are the frequency of self-injurious and suicidal behaviors, the medical risk of such behaviors, suicide intent, a risk/rescue score, instrumental intent, and impulsiveness. Citation: Linehan, M. M., Comtois, K. A., Brown, M. Z., Heard, H. L., Wagner, A. (2006). Suicide Attempt Self-Injury Interview (SASII): Development, reliability, and validity of a scale to assess suicide attempts and intentional self-injury. Psychological Assessment, 18(3), 303-312. (Source: University of Washington Center for Behavioral Technology)
  • Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire SBQ with Variable Labels SBQ Scoring Syntax The SBQ is a self-report questionnaire designed to assess suicidal ideation, suicide expectancies, suicide threats and communications, and suicidal behavior. Citation: Addis, M. & Linehan, M. M. (1989). Predicting suicidal behavior: Psychometric properties of the Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for the Advancement Behavior Therapy, Washington, DC. (Source: University of Washington Center for Behavioral Technology)
  • University of WA Suicide Risk/Distress Assessment Protocol Citations: Reynolds, S. K., Lindenboim, N., Comtois, K. A., Murray, A., & Linehan, M. M. (2006). Risky assessments: Participant suicidality and distress associated with research assessments in a treatment study of suicidal behavior. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, (36)1, 19-33. Linehan, M. M., Comtois, K. A., &, Ward-Ciesielski, E. F. (2012). Assessing and managing risk with suicidal individuals. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 19(2), 218-232. (Source: University of Washington Center for Behavioral Technology)

Trauma & Stressor Disorders

Screening & Assessment Collections

These assessment libraries contain hundreds of psychological scales, screening tools, questionnaires, and measures that can be surprisingly difficult to find elsewhere. If you can’t find the assessment you need in the sections above, start here. You may also stumble across a measure you didn’t even know existed.

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Apps

There’s an app for just about everything, including quite a few that can actually be useful for mental health. This section includes apps clients can use for things like coping, mood tracking, mindfulness, sleep, and behavior change, along with apps designed to make clinicians’ lives a little easier. I’ve divided them into two sections: apps for clients and apps for clinicians. As always, do a little digging before downloading or recommending an app, particularly when it comes to privacy, cost, and whether it actually does what it claims to do.

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Apps for Clients

  • AIMS for Anger Management | VA Mobile Anger tracking, personalized coping plans, and symptom feedback
  • CBT-i Coach | VA Mobile Sleep diaries, insomnia severity measurement, and sleep scheduling
  • ‎DBT Travel Guide App – App Store Free DBT app featuring 200+ skills and mindfulness exercises, digital diary cards, crisis survival tools, emotion regulation strategies, and resources for therapists and clients.
  • Finch – Your New Self-Care Best Friend Free self-care and mental wellness app featuring a virtual pet, mood tracking, daily goals, guided breathing, journaling prompts, mindfulness exercises, and gamified tools for building healthy habits. Optional premium features.
  • Insight Timer — The #1 Free Meditation and Sleep App Free meditation and mindfulness app featuring thousands of guided meditations, sleep stories, calming music, breathing exercises, live sessions, and tools for managing stress, anxiety, and sleep. Optional premium features.

Apps for Clinicians

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Factsheet Resource Library

Need the facts without falling down a 47-tab research rabbit hole? This section includes free, easy-to-use factsheets covering mental health conditions, treatment, substance use, coping, and other behavioral health topics.

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Free & Low Cost Courses

Want to sharpen your skills without handing over half your paycheck? This section features free and low-cost courses, trainings, and learning opportunities covering mental health, counseling, substance use, trauma, and other topics relevant to behavioral health professionals.

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Guides/Handouts/Infographics

Need something useful you can actually hand to a client? This section includes free guides, handouts, infographics, tip sheets, and other practical resources that break down mental health topics into information that’s easy to understand and use.

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Free Manuals & Guides for Clinicians

Sometimes you need more than a quick handout. This section includes free clinical manuals, treatment protocols, practice guides, and other in-depth resources designed to help clinicians translate evidence into actual practice.

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CRUfAD Manuals

Matrix Series | Source: SAMHSA

TCU Brief Intervention Manuals| Source: Texas Institute of Behavioral Research at TCU

TCU Comprehensive Interventions | Source: Texas Institute of Behavioral Research at TCU

TCU Disease Risk Reduction WaySafe! Intervention | Source: Texas Institute of Behavioral Research at TCU

TCU Mapping-Enhanced Counseling Manuals for Adaptive Treatment | Source: Texas Institute of Behavioral Research at TCU

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Recommended Books

There are approximately a million psychology and self-help books out there, and you definitely don’t have time to read them all. That’s why this resource library includes a curated collection of recommended reads for clinicians and anyone interested in understanding themselves a little better, from evidence-based clinical texts to books on psychology, relationships, personal growth, and the wonderfully complicated business of being human.

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Books for Clinicians

The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients by Irvin Yalom (2017)

Letters to a Young Therapist by Mary Pipher (2016)

Self-help/Personal Development

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Video Resource Library

Sometimes watching a 10-minute video beats reading another 40-page PDF. That’s why this resource library includes useful videos, lectures, demonstrations, and educational content on mental health, counseling, psychology, and clinical practice, whether you’re learning something new or looking for something worth sharing with a client.

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Emotions

Addiction & Recovery

Grief

Resiliency & Grit

Relationships & Communication

Additional Psychoeducational & Other Videos

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Worksheet Resource Library

Sometimes the right worksheet can do what 20 minutes of explaining can’t. This section includes free mental health worksheets, exercises, activities, and printable tools covering everything from CBT and coping skills to relationships, emotions, trauma, substance use, and self-discovery. Whether you need something for your next session or just want to stockpile good resources for later, there’s plenty here worth exploring.

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Workbooks

Sometimes a worksheet isn’t enough, and you need something that goes a little deeper. That’s why this resource library includes free mental health workbooks for therapists, counselors, clients, and anyone interested in improving their mental health and well-being. Packed with exercises, education, reflection prompts, and practical strategies, these workbooks cover anxiety, depression, trauma, relationships, substance use, personal growth, and more. Whether you’re a clinician looking for structured interventions, a client seeking additional support between sessions, or someone working on personal growth, there’s something here for you. Take a look.

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Beyond Worksheets: Interactive Tools for Therapists

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