If you subscribed to Mind Remake Project for free, useful mental health resources, this free resource library is exactly what you’ve been waiting for!
If you’ve been following Mind Remake Project for a while, there’s a good chance you originally subscribed because you were looking for free mental health resources. Maybe you needed a worksheet for a client, an assessment tool, a treatment manual, or something new to bring into your clinical practice.
This is something I’ve wanted to put together for a long time. Over the years, I’ve come across thousands of useful mental health resources scattered across university websites, government agencies, research centers, nonprofit organizations, and other corners of the internet. Some are easy to find. Others are practically buried.
I wanted to bring as many of them as possible into one place.
What’s Inside the Clinical Resource Library?
Quite a bit, actually.
The library includes resources for counselors, therapists, social workers, students, other behavioral health professionals, and for self-help. You’ll find:
Mental health assessments: Screening instruments, symptom measures, rating scales, and other assessment tools organized by clinical topic.
Apps: Digital tools for clinicians and clients, including resources for mental health support and clinical practice.
Free and low-cost courses: Opportunities to learn new skills, explore clinical topics, and expand your professional knowledge.
Handouts: Psychoeducational materials, factsheets, and other resources to share with clients.
Manuals and guides: More in-depth materials covering therapeutic approaches, interventions, and clinical concerns.
Books: Recommended reading for mental health professionals.
Videos: Educational content, demonstrations, and other materials for learning and professional development.
Worksheets: Practical exercises and activities for individual or group work.
Workbooks: More comprehensive, structured resources covering everything from anxiety and depression to grief, relationships, emotional regulation, and personal growth.
Interactive tools: Online resources you can actually use.
I’ve organized the resource library into categories and expandable sections so you don’t have to scroll endlessly through hundreds of links to find what you’re looking for.
And with the exception of some recommended books and courses, the resources are free.
Why I Created the MRP Clinical Resource Library
One thing I’ve learned after years of working in behavioral health is that there’s no shortage of helpful resources out there. The problem is finding them. (When you need them.)
You might spend half an hour searching for a decent workbook, only to end up on a website asking you to purchase a subscription. Or you might discover an excellent resource from a university or research center that you never would have found if you hadn’t stumbled across the right search term.
I know because I’ve spent countless hours doing exactly that.
I also wanted to make it a little more enjoyable to explore. You’ll find interactive features and a few surprises throughout the page, because looking for clinical resources doesn’t have to be tedious.
The Resource Library Is a Work in Progress
Although the resource library is now live, it’s nowhere near finished.
I’ll continue adding resources, updating links, expanding categories, and improving the layout. My hope is that it becomes one of those pages you return to whenever you need something for a session, a client, a class, or your own professional development.
And if you know of a particularly useful free resource that deserves a spot in the collection, I’d love to hear about it.
Take a Look Around
If you’ve been subscribed to Mind Remake Project for months or even years, thank you for sticking around. I know everyone has plenty of emails competing for their attention, so I don’t take that lightly.
And if you originally signed up because you wanted access to practical, free mental health resources, this new library is definitely for you!
Take a look, bookmark the page, and come back whenever you need something. You might be surprised by what you find.
And if you find it useful, please share it with a colleague, classmate, or anyone else who might benefit. The more people who know these resources exist, the more useful this project becomes.
The internet is full of mental health resource lists, but they tend to feature the same websites, apps, worksheets, and crisis resources over and over again. This isn’t one of those lists.
For this collection, I went looking for the resources that are harder to find: tools buried on university websites, free workbooks from hospitals and government agencies, lesser-known mental health apps, clinical assessment tools, online support communities, professional training opportunities, and genuinely useful resources created by researchers, clinicians, and organizations doing interesting work in mental health.
The result is 100 free mental health resources you probably didn’t know existed in 2026.
Some are designed for therapists and other mental health professionals. Others are useful for anyone interested in improving their mental health, learning new coping skills, understanding themselves better, or finding additional support. Many could easily have remained buried several pages deep in a Google search.
Everything on this list is free to access at the time of publication, although some sites may also offer paid products or services. I’ve organized the resources by category so you can skip around, explore, and hopefully discover at least a few things you’ve never seen before.
And if you’re anything like me, you may end up opening far too many tabs.
Duke’s Department of Pathology has a collection organized around eight skills: mindfulness, boundaries, strengths, positivity, acceptance/reality, activation, effectiveness, and commitment. Each area has a downloadable handout and corresponding worksheet, plus a customizable self-assessment wheel.
The CBT+ Notebook from the University of Washington’s Harborview Abuse & Trauma Center offers a large collection of free, practical worksheets based on cognitive behavioral therapy principles. Resources cover topics such as identifying and challenging unhelpful thoughts, managing worry, problem-solving, behavioral activation, goal setting, coping skills, and relapse prevention. Many materials are also available in Spanish, making this an especially useful resource for both mental health professionals and individuals looking for structured tools to support emotional well-being.
Northern Illinois University offers a small collection of free worksheets and exercises designed to help individuals develop a more compassionate relationship with themselves. Resources include a Self-Critical Daily Log for recognizing patterns of harsh self-talk, a guided Self-Compassion Letter exercise, and a worksheet for developing personalized self-compassion phrases. The collection also includes meditation scripts and audio exercises for practicing mindfulness and self-compassion.
This resource page provides a curated collection of evidence-informed screening tools, clinical questionnaires, and therapeutic skill-building handouts to support assessment, treatment planning, and client education. Materials include validated screeners for mood disorders, anxiety, trauma exposure, substance use, sleep concerns, behavioral health conditions in children and adults, and primary care mental health integration.
The purpose of the American Psychological Association (APA) Guidelines for Psychological Assessment and Evaluation (PAE) is to assist and inform psychologists of best practice when psychological instruments, including psychometric tests and collateral information, are used within the practice of psychological assessment and/or evaluation.
Research in positive psychology demonstrates that deliberately applying character strengths in new ways leads to measurable increases in happiness, engagement, and meaning. Many people use their strengths instinctively in one area of life while underutilizing them elsewhere. This info sheet guides you to identify your strengths and then explore how to apply them more broadly across relationships, work, and personal fulfillment.
Values are your heart’s deepest desires for how you want to behave as a human being. Values are not about what you want to get or achieve; they are about how you want to behave or act on an ongoing basis; how you want to treat yourself, others, the world around you.
Basic Counseling Skills is geared to the needs of University and College Students, Health Care Practitioners, Volunteers, and New Counselors. This site is set up to read like a book. There are six major sections – A. Techniques, B. Theories, C. Practice, D. Self-Help, and E. Continuing Education. Each section has eight to twelve chapters.
A Clinical Documentation Cheat Sheet is a quick-reference tool designed to assist healthcare professionals in capturing all necessary information in patient records accurately and efficiently.
This fact sheet includes information about the grief response, common grief reactions, and the varying time frame for grief. It also provides insight on how live while integrating the loss into their lives, potentially beneficial coping methods, and suggestions for how someone might access additional help.
This Positive Parenting Tip Sheet from Vanderbilt University Medical Center offers simple, practical strategies for encouraging positive behavior and strengthening the parent-child relationship. The one-page handout covers specific praise, active listening, child-led play, redirection, offering choices, consistency, and the “when-then” approach. It also identifies practices to avoid, such as yelling, threats, and giving excessive attention to negative attention-seeking behaviors. A concise, easy-to-use resource for parents, caregivers, and professionals working with families.
A growing number of psychology practitioners are embracing feedback informed therapy and deliberate practice, and research is beginning to show it improves outcomes.
This manual provides managers and others responsible for planning and delivering services with practical guidance on how to implement manualized psychological interventions for adults, adolescents and children. It covers the five key implementation steps: make an implementation plan; adapt for context; prepare the workforce; identify, assess and support potential beneficiaries; and monitor and evaluate the service.
This guide helps clinicians influence the change process in their clients by incorporating motivational interventions into substance use disorder treatment programs.
The Assertiveness Workbook from NHS Health Education England is a free resource designed to help individuals communicate more confidently and effectively while maintaining healthy boundaries. It explores the differences between passive, aggressive, and assertive communication and provides practical strategies for saying no, expressing needs, managing difficult situations, and reducing conflict. The workbook also includes exercises focused on self-esteem, personal boundaries, and developing an individualized plan for practicing assertiveness in everyday life.
Beating Psychological Distress is a free self-help workbook from Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust designed to help individuals cope with overwhelming or difficult emotions. Drawing on skills from dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), the workbook introduces practical strategies for managing distress, regulating emotions, and responding to challenging situations in healthier ways. It includes exercises and techniques that readers can practice when emotions feel particularly intense or difficult to manage.
The Bipolar Workbook from Carepatron is a free resource designed to help individuals better understand and manage the challenges associated with bipolar disorder. It includes structured exercises for increasing self-awareness, identifying mood patterns and triggers, recognizing warning signs, and developing strategies for managing symptoms. The workbook can also help readers reflect on their experiences, track changes in mood, and identify coping strategies that support greater stability and overall well-being.
The Glow Up Boundaries Workbook is a free resource designed to help individuals better understand, establish, and maintain healthy boundaries. Through guided exercises and reflection prompts, readers can explore their personal limits, identify areas where boundaries may be lacking, and consider how their needs, values, and relationships influence the boundaries they set. The workbook also offers practical guidance for communicating boundaries more clearly and confidently while building healthier, more balanced relationships.
Feel Better Fast is a fast-paced, 3-session seminar designed to help you make a change in your life by learning mindfulness techniques, as well as ways to cope with distressing emotions and thoughts.
Getting Unstuck is a free workbook from Cal Poly designed to help individuals better understand and manage depression. Using cognitive behavioral strategies, the workbook explores how thoughts, emotions, and behaviors can contribute to feeling stuck and introduces practical ways to begin changing those patterns. Readers learn skills for challenging unhelpful thinking, increasing meaningful activity, developing healthier coping strategies, and taking small, manageable steps toward feeling better.
The guide, available for download from the VA South Central Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, focuses on practical strategies to combat feelings of depression and enhance overall well-being. It emphasizes the connection between daily activities and mood, encouraging users to track and modify their behaviors to improve their quality of life.
Stress First Aid for Healthcare Workers is a free workbook from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs National Center for PTSD designed to help healthcare workers recognize and respond to stress related to demanding or potentially traumatic work. The workbook introduces practical strategies for identifying signs of stress, strengthening coping and resilience, supporting coworkers, and knowing when additional help may be needed. It can be used individually or as part of a broader workplace approach to supporting mental health and well-being.
Understanding and Managing Anger is a free workbook from Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust designed to help individuals better understand their anger and develop healthier ways of responding to it. The workbook explores common triggers, thoughts, physical warning signs, and behaviors associated with anger while introducing practical strategies for managing intense emotions. It also includes exercises and activities to help readers recognize their own anger patterns, improve coping skills, and respond more effectively in difficult situations.
This course can help you get along better with people, control your reactions to irritating events, and avoid the negative consequences of becoming too angry.
The educational goal of this workshop is to train participants in assessing various presentations of OCD in order to assist with early recognition to improve client outcomes. Assessment requires nuance. Standard screening tools may miss atypical symptoms and clinicians can learn to ask targeted questions. ERP and CBT are effective across subtypes of OCD, but interventions must be tailored to the specific obsessional theme. Early recognition improves outcomes. Awareness of these presentations can reduce stigma and prevent years of untreated distress.
The educational goal of this on-demand workshop is to help clinicians navigate the complexity of self-concept: how to help clients differentiate between impulses that arise from ingrained, trauma-reactive survival patterns and those driven by self-destructive impulses or avoidance. Offers 1.5 free CEs.
The educational goal of this on-demand workshop is to teach participants how to identify eating disorders in their practice, assess the level of risk, and refer out when needed in order to ensure patient safety. Offers 1 free CE.
The educational goal of this on-demand webinar is to introduce clinicians to the conceptual foundations of Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment (TIST) as articulated in Dr. Fishers’ Embracing Our Fragmented Selves, with a focus on understanding fragmentation as an adaptive response to overwhelming experiences. Participants will learn how trauma is held in implicit emotional and somatic memory, how curiosity and mindfulness support stabilization, and how cultivating empathy and compassion for wounded child and protector parts fosters safety, internal cooperation, and healing. This webinar offers an early clinical look at how these principles guide a non-pathologizing, stabilization-focused approach to trauma treatment. Offers 1 free CE.
We wanted to create the best resource on the web for free continuing education units. There are many free CEU’s but there are scattered throughout different websites and different providers. We have done the hard part of getting these free courses together for you. So we might suggest taking a look around and seeing if you can take any of the free CEUS offered on the site.
This on-demand training series explores the lasting impact of early and recurring trauma on attachment, dissociation, and cognitive processing. Through clinically focused modules on fearful-disorganized attachment, dissociation, negative thought patterns, and Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), participants will gain practical strategies and evidence-based tools to better support trauma survivors. Offers 3.5 free CEs.
This on-demand course will demonstrate a trauma-informed perspective to understanding the behavioral and physical effects of going through Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). Attendees will learn about the history of the study of ACEs, understanding trauma effects, and exploring adaptations developed for coping. Offers 1.5 free CEs.
KVC West Virginia is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening families and preventing child abuse and neglect. KVC helps children and families in crisis with personalized plans that give them the support, skills and resources to be strong and happy. KVC helps children and families experiencing mental health needs with caring treatment so they can embrace their worth, build resilience and thrive.
Ready to make a real impact? This online course is designed to teach practical, hands-on strategies to manage suicide risk in the clinic, the workplace, and at home. Expert instructors guide you through the best practices for assessing and treating suicidality in teens and adults, equipping you with the tools you need to make a difference right away.
As McLean’s education outreach program, Deconstructing Stigma continues to leverage and expand our global anti-stigma campaign while also developing public education programming and intervention curricula that increase understanding about mental health and encourage compassion for individuals and families directly affected by these disorders.
More Than Therapy and TEAMS™ is launching a groundbreaking initiative for 2026: a comprehensive training program offering up to 40 continuing education units (CEUs) at absolutely no cost to counselors and mental health professionals. This transformative program removes financial barriers to professional development while strengthening the support network our communities desperately need.
This on-demand course provides an in-depth overview of psychosis, exploring its underlying mechanisms, clinical features, and treatment approaches. Participants will learn to differentiate between primary psychotic disorders and substance-induced presentations, conduct thorough evaluations, and implement evidence-based management strategies. Emphasis is placed on practical assessment skills, collaborative care, and improving outcomes for individuals experiencing psychotic symptoms. Offers 3 free CEUs.
The program comprises six sessions of between 15 and 50 minutes duration. Each session includes a conversational mini-lecture and several practical exercises.
Free deliberate practice resources from Sentio University. Senior-trainer webinars, clinical exercises, supervision guides, and AI tools, built for therapists, supervisors, and students in the MFT program and beyond.
Access free continuing education opportunities through Sheppard Pratt, the nation’s top private, nonprofit provider of a full behavioral health continuum of care. Through Sheppard Pratt’s Center for Professional Education, psychiatrists, psychologists, therapists, social workers, nurses, counselors, and other behavioral health professionals can access clinically relevant continuing education at no cost—designed to support your practice and the people you serve.
This page features a monthly series, Free Mental Health Webinars for Social Workers and Mental Health Professionals: over 30 free webcasts curated each month in social work and behavioral health, some offering free CEs.
Suicide and Intimate Partner Violence: Screening and Safety Planning With Adults is a free, online, self-paced course available through the Suicide Prevention Resource Center. It is designed for crisis workers, clinical practitioners, supervisors, and trainees. Offers 1 free CE.
Calm Harm is an award-winning app funded by teenage mental health charity stem4, to help manage the urge to self-harm. It was developed by Clinical Psychologist Dr. Nihara Krause MBE, in collaboration with young people and uses principles from an evidence-based psychological treatment called Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT).
CPT Coach is a free application (app) for mobile devices (smartphones and tablets) that was created to increase convenience for clinicians and patients completing CPT. The app is downloaded onto a patient’s mobile device to be used as a treatment companion during CPT.
The Columbia Protocol, also known as the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS), supports suicide risk screening through a series of simple, plain-language questions that anyone can ask. The answers help users identify whether someone is at risk for suicide, determine the severity and immediacy of that risk, and gauge the level of support that the person needs.
MindShift gives you science-backed strategies to shift your anxious thinking, settle your body, and approach your fears one step at a time. Developed in Canada by experts in the field.
myPlan is a free app offered in English and Spanish to help with safety decisions if you, or someone you care about, may be experiencing abuse in an intimate relationship. It’s private, secure, personalized, & backed by research with domestic violence survivors involved every step of the way.
This mobile app provides health professionals with information and tools to identify and assess a patient at risk of suicide. It also offers communication tips and resources for treatment and other support to which health professionals can refer patients.
Beck Institute is proud to offer an array of online and downloadable resources for health and mental health professionals and students. Our collection of resources is always expanding as we find and create new materials to share.
Free, instant scoring for validated clinical assessments. Calculate scores, view severity interpretations, and reference published guidelines — all in your browser with no data stored.
Administer, score, and track validated scales (PHQ-9, GAD-7, PCL-5…) directly in the browser. Everything runs on your device: patient data never leaves the office.
Your theoretical orientation is the lens through which you will understand your clients, build therapeutic relationships, and choose interventions. It shapes what you listen for, the questions you ask, how you respond to a client’s pain, and how you define progress. Most counselors’ orientations evolve across their careers — this tool is a snapshot of where your convictions lean right now.
When implementing new interventions in your treatment or prevention program, it’s helpful to have tools to evaluate the impact of the new intervention on clients or therapists
These four videos present Motivational Interviewing as an evidence-based strategy used by providers to help clients recognize their own ambivalence to change and begin the process of change. The PowerPoint slides, motivational interview algorithm, and role playing exercises are provided as handouts. The videos are intended to be viewed in order, starting with Part 1. To view, click the “play” button in the video boxes below.
Practice Time! is Sentio University’s free YouTube series, hosted by Amy DeSmidt and Jamie Manser, demonstrating live deliberate practice sessions across the clinical skills taught in the APA book series The Essentials of Deliberate Practice. The 18 episodes below are organized by therapy model, so you can dive straight into the modality you care about, watch a focused skill demonstration, and then move into the longer-format deliberate practice page for that model. If you are a clinician building skills outside formal training, pair these episodes with the wider Free Therapist Training hub. If you are a licensed supervisor learning how to use deliberate practice in your own supervision, see the six- or twelve-month Clinical Supervisor Training.
Give Us The Floor (GUTF) is a US-based non-profit organization providing 2SLGBTQIA+ youth across the US with a supportive community of their peers when they need it most in a safe, online environment.
A professional support group series open to ALL gender-diverse individuals across Idaho. The series will be hosted virtually, so everyone can join—no matter where they are! Led by TranAffirm board member Lee Stewart, LPC (they/them), these groups are offered free or by donation. Donations go directly to Lee or to Trans Affirm to keep this vital program running.
WeeBe.org is an early-stage social impact project focused on reducing loneliness and enabling meaningful human connection through befriending. WeeBe is a peer-to-peer emotional support platform where people can connect for one-on-one conversations. It’s not therapy, not dating — just a safe, respectful space to talk and listen. The current version of WeeBe is a BETA service and is free to use for all participants. The platform is built around a volunteer-led model, with no commercial activity or paid participation.
Psychology.com has helped people understand their minds since 1995. Today it is run by two people you can meet below and overseen by an editorial board of licensed psychologists and counselors, each with a name and a profile you can check.
Meridian Clinical Tools offers a large collection of free, browser-based tools for mental health professionals and their clients. Resources include mental health screenings and assessments, treatment planning and documentation tools, safety planning resources, coping exercises, mood trackers, and other interactive clinical tools. No account is required for many of the resources, making this a convenient option for therapists looking for practical tools to use in sessions or share with clients.
We provide training (in-person and online), consulting, books, and free resources in the areas of trauma, mental health, counselling skills, and violence prevention.
At Vanderbilt University’s EARL, our aim is to advance knowledge of the measurement, development, maintenance, and treatment of anxiety disorders. Although these objectives encompass a broad range of topics, we are specifically interested in the role of emotions (i.e., fear, disgust, anger) in the etiology and maintenance of anxiety pathology.
Practice Hub is the free, source-linked library published by Ludara Health & Wellness. It includes guides, pathways, state research, technology profiles, tools, and clinician-facilitated session resources.
Our Psychotherapy Essentials Course and Psychotherapy Coaching Community help therapists free themselves from “branded” therapies by working directly with three change processes instead of following set methods. Compatible with all therapies and types of problems.
Located in the Baltimore-Washington, D.C., region, Kennedy Krieger Institute is internationally recognized for improving the lives of tens of thousands of children, adolescents and adults with neurological, rehabilitative or developmental needs through inpatient and day hospital programs, outpatient clinics, home and community services, education, and research.
A list of links to videos of a variety of mental health professionals using various theories and techniques to help clients with an array of presenting concerns and mental illnesses. The videos are organized by Theory/Approach/Type of Therapy and sometimes by sub-category.
The mental status exam (MSE) is a structured approach to gathering a patient’s behavioral and cognitive information. Analogous to the physical exam, it provides a template to collect clinical data in a systematic fashion. The MSE is a core competency of undergraduate medical education (UME) and an entrustable professional activity in clinical psychiatry.
James Cornwell directs the Morality, Truth, and Motivation lab, which studies the ways in which morality provides us with a guiding framework for life in our social world, how the pursuit of truth provides our lives with meaning and strengthens relationships, and how differences in motivational dynamics can predict human flourishing as well as patterns of psychological distress. The lab’s research is based in psychological theory developed in conversation with insights from theology, philosophy, literature, as well as other sciences.
The Center for Psychotherapy Research (CPR) is a research unit of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania. Faculty members conduct a wide range of studies on the effectiveness and mechanisms of evidence-based psychotherapies and measurement-based care strategies. Our work is primarily focused on studies of evidence-based interventions delivered in community settings. We have partnered with community mental health agencies for over 20 years to develop, evaluate, and disseminate interventions to improve symptoms and functioning in these real world treatment settings.
PEARLS brings together a group of academics, clinicians, research fellows and postgraduate students whose research focuses on the evaluation of routinely delivered psychological interventions.
The OHIO lab utilizes a Common Factors perspective for understanding how clients improve through psychotherapy treatments through the research of various therapist and client variables. We have adapted a model for understanding how most forms of specific treatments have been equally successful, which we refer to as an integrated contextual model. The integrated contextual model explains how treatment successes are influenced by relationships, but are also heavily influenced by Culture, Theory, and Techniques.
The Shyness Institute is a non-profit research corporation founded in 1994 and is dedicated to research regarding shyness, social anxiety, and related anxiety disorders.
Crisis lines, scored assessments, modality references, and ZIP-based referrals — open in the tab next to your EHR, the moment a client actually needs them.
374 evidence-based worksheets organized by clinical approach (CBT, DBT, ACT, trauma-informed care) plus 13 validated assessments, all free to use and print. Pro adds the practice side: intake, consent, and treatment-plan builders, e-signatures, session tools, and client sharing under your own letterhead.
Our lab conducts translational research exploring factors that impact the development of trauma-related psychopathology and intervention strategies aimed at mitigating the impact of trauma.
These Trauma Pages focus primarily on emotional trauma and traumatic stress, including PTSD (Post-traumatic Stress Disorder) and dissociation, whether following individual traumatic experience(s) or a large-scale disaster. The purpose of this award winning site is to provide information for clinicians and researchers in the traumatic-stress field.
For over four decades under Professor Marsha M. Linehan’s leadership, the BRTC was a clinical research center specializing in the development and improvement of effective and pragmatic treatments for individuals with severe, complex and treatment resisting mental disorders. Much of our research had focused on individuals with high risk of suicide, those with high risk comorbid with post-traumatic stress disorder, those addicted to heroin or other drugs, as well as individuals with borderline personality disorder. The primary treatment at the BRTC is dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), which is a cognitive behavioral treatment developed by Professor Linehan.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) was designed for people who feel things intensely and don’t have great models for coping with those feelings. If that’s you, you’re not alone—and you don’t have to reinvent the wheel. There are excellent DBT resources out there, and many of them are free. The challenge is just knowing where to look.
The skills in DBT are learnable. They take practice. They take repetition. But they’re doable. And they work.
Let’s get into it.
20 Free DBT Resources
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DBT Self Help | Self-serve resources for the DBT community Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) is an evidence-based psychotherapy that combines Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with Zen Buddhism. Created by Marsha Linehan, it was originally used to treat Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). Now it is used to treat many different emotional dysregulation and impulse control disorders and symptoms.
Free Resources | Online DBT Skills Free videos and downloads to help you learn or strengthen your Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills knowledge and support your mental health.
6-Module DBT Course | An educational course designed for professionals to learn the basic principles for the diagnosis and treatment of borderline personality disorder. There are six 20-minute modules.
DBT skills take practice, patience, and repetition—but they’re learnable. The resources here are a starting point, not a finish line. Take what’s useful, leave what isn’t, and keep going. Building emotional regulation is a process, and you’re doing the work just by showing up.
Resilience isn’t about avoiding hardship—it’s about growing through it. Whether you’re navigating personal loss, chronic stress, or just trying to stay afloat in a chaotic world, developing emotional resilience can make all the difference. To support your journey, I’ve compiled a list of free resilience workbooks for teens and adults—resources designed to help you build mental strength, emotional flexibility, and healthier coping skills. These guides are ideal for individuals, therapists, educators, or anyone looking to cultivate a stronger sense of inner calm and grit.
“Life doesn’t get easier or more forgiving, we get stronger and more resilient.”
–Steve Maraboli
Please note: These are external resources and are not affiliated with my site. Be sure to review each for suitability, and as always, follow all copyright guidelines when using or sharing materials.
Hard knocks, misfortune and adversity are things all humans have in common. We all are asked to cope with difficult times at some point in our life. Resilience is defined as the ability to adapt well in the face of adversity, trauma, loss or significant stress, bounce back from it and learn from it.
This resource is an initiative of Glasgow CHP South Sector Youth Health Improvement team developed in partnership with The South Strategic Youth Health and Wellbeing Group. This Emotional Resilience Toolkit provides practical guidance in promoting the resilience of young people as part of an integrated health and wellbeing programme. The resource is designed to be used by workers and volunteers working with young people aged 10 and over.
This workbook provides a practical and entirely educational approach to improve personal resilience. The material is organized as a series of resilience exercises that support World Health Organization recommendations for suicide prevention. The exercises and the learning methods develop problem solving abilities and bring awareness to the importance of social support by applying positive coping skills to create less stressful outcomes to real life challenges. The materials can be used with all audiences to include organizations, educational settings, and families.
The Resiliency Toolkit is a comprehensive, evidence-informed workbook featuring 73 tools and worksheets designed to help people develop the emotional, mental, and behavioural skills needed to overcome life’s challenges. Created by Angela M. Doel, MS, this resource blends therapeutic techniques from CBT, ACT, solution-focused therapy, and positive psychology to support individuals in becoming more resilient, hopeful, and emotionally well.
The simplest way to define resilience is the ability to “bounce back” from life’s difficulties – to adapt well in the face of adversity or significant sources of stress, such as family and relationship issues, major health problems or financial hardships.
“Resilience is not what happens to you. It’s how you react to, respond to, and recover from what happens to you.”
– Jeffrey Gitomer
Supplementary Materials
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For highly-rated resilience guides and workbooks that can be purchased on Amazon, see below:
4.7 stars on Amazon, 1,961 reviews
Publisher’s description on Amazon: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A masterpiece of warrior wisdom: how to be resilient, how to overcome obstacles not by “positive thinking” or self-esteem, but by positive action. The best-selling author, Navy SEAL, and humanitarian Eric Greitens offers a self-help book unlike any other. “Eric Greitens provides a brilliant and brave course of action to help navigate life’s roughest waters.”—Admiral Mike Mullen, seventeenth chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff In 2012, Eric Greitens unexpectedly heard from a former SEAL comrade, a brother-in-arms he hadn’t seen in a decade. Zach Walker had been one of the toughest of the tough. But ever since he returned home from war to his young family in a small logging town, he’d been struggling. Without a sense of purpose, plagued by PTSD, and masking his pain with heavy drinking, he needed help. Zach and Eric started writing and talking nearly every day, as Eric set down his thoughts on what it takes to build resilience in our lives. Eric’s letters — drawing on both his own experience and wisdom from ancient and modern thinkers — are now gathered and edited into this timeless guidebook. Greitens shows how we can build purpose, confront pain, practice compassion, develop a vocation, find a mentor, create happiness, and much more. Resilience is an inspiring meditation for the warrior in each of us. “This book is a gift not only to Greitens’s comrades-in-arms, but to readers everywhere.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review
4.6 stars on Amazon, 1,415 reviews
Publisher’s description on Amazon: These days it’s hard to count on the world outside. So it’s vital to grow strengths inside like grit, gratitude, and compassion—the key to resilience, and to lasting well-being in a changing world. True resilience is much more than enduring terrible conditions. We need resilience every day to raise a family, work at a job, cope with stress, deal with health problems, navigate issues with others, heal from old pain, and simply keep on going. With his trademark blend of neuroscience, mindfulness, and positive psychology, New York Times bestselling author Dr. Rick Hanson shows you how to develop twelve vital inner strengths hardwired into your own nervous system. Then no matter what life throws at you, you’ll be able to feel less stressed, pursue opportunities with confidence, and stay calm and centered in the face of adversity. This practical guide is full of concrete suggestions, experiential practices, personal examples, and insights into the brain. It includes effective ways to interact with others and to repair and deepen important relationships. Warm, encouraging, and down-to-earth, Dr. Hanson’s step-by-step approach is grounded in the science of positive neuroplasticity. He explains how to overcome the brain’s negativity bias, release painful thoughts and feelings, and replace them with self-compassion, self-worth, joy, and inner peace.
4.5 stars, 2,074 reviews
Publisher’s description on Amazon: In Do Hard Things, Steve Magness beautifully and persuasively reimagines our understanding of toughness. This is a must-read for parents and coaches and anyone else looking to prepare for life’s biggest challenges.”—Malcolm Gladwell, author of Outliers and Talking to Strangers and host of the Revisionist History podcast. From beloved performance expert, executive coach, and coauthor of Peak Performance Steve Magness comes a radical rethinking of how we perceive toughness and what it means to achieve our high ambitions in the face of hard things. Toughness has long been held as the key to overcoming a challenge and achieving greatness, whether it is on the sports field, at a boardroom, or at the dining room table. Yet, the prevailing model has promoted a mentality based on fear, false bravado, and hiding any sign of weakness. In other words, the old model of toughness has failed us. Steve Magness, a performance scientist who coaches Olympic athletes, rebuilds our broken model of resilience with one grounded in the latest science and psychology. InDo Hard Things, Magness teaches us how we can work with our body – how experiencing discomfort, leaning in, paying attention, and creating space to take thoughtful action can be the true indications of cultivating inner strength. He offers four core pillars to cultivate such resilience:
Pillar 1: Ditch the Façade, Embrace Reality
Pillar 2: Listen to Your Body
Pillar 3: Respond, Instead of React
Pillar 4: Transcend Discomfort
Smart and wise all at once, Magness flips the script on what it means to be resilient. Drawing from mindfulness, military case studies, sports psychology, neuroscience, psychology, and philosophy, he provides a roadmap for navigating life’s challenges and achieving high performance that makes us happier, more successful, and, ultimately, better people.
Additional Therapist-Recommended Resources for Resilience
Navigating love, intimacy, and relationships isn’t always easy—but it’s essential for our wellbeing. Whether you’re exploring your identity, healing from past experiences, improving communication with a partner, or just trying to understand yourself better, this collection of resources for love is here to support you. Below, you’ll find workbooks, guides, and tools that cover everything from setting boundaries and enhancing emotional intimacy to understanding consent and sexual health.
These resources are designed to empower people of all identities and relationship styles to create healthier, more fulfilling connections—with others and with themselves.
Disclaimer: All external content is the property of its respective creators. I am not responsible for the accuracy, content, or availability of linked materials. Please adhere to all copyright laws when using or sharing these resources.
Beducated Beducated offers free trial lessons on topics like tantric sex, sensual massage, oral sex techniques, and more. Courses are high-quality and video-based.
Emily Nagoski, Ph.D. If you’ve read Come As You Are, you know Emily Nagoski is one of the most influential voices in sex education. Her website features videos, worksheets, podcasts, and guides on sexual desire, body image, and pleasure science.
OMGYES While mostly paid, this evidence-based, pleasure-positive site offers free videos and science-backed insights into women’s pleasure. Great for couples looking to learn, not just guess.
Pleasure Mechanics Tons of free podcast episodes, guides, and email series on everything from sensual touch to kink curiosity. Smart, shame-free, and queer-inclusive.
Sexplanations with Dr. Doe A playful, science-based series of short YouTube videos covering everything from orgasms to aftercare to erotic novelty. Smart and entertaining—watch together and discuss after.
The Vulva Gallery An artistic, body-positive project that showcases real stories and illustrations of vulvas in all their diversity. A beautiful, affirming way for couples to explore body image, anatomy, and curiosity without shame.
Learn Your Love Language | Choose your version: Couples, Children’s Quiz, Teens, or Singles. An online assessment to determine your primary love language. (You are required to enter your information to get quiz results.)
Marital Satisfaction Scale | PDF assessment to evaluate marital satisfaction; click on link listed in “Interactive Section for Couples”
Disclaimer: The supplementary materials provided are intended to be used only in conjunction with purchased workbooks. These free resources are designed to enhance the learning and application of workbook contents and do not replace the full workbook itself. Distribution or use of these materials without the accompanying purchased workbook is not authorized.
Please do not duplicate, modify, or distribute these materials for commercial purposes. All content remains the intellectual property of the author and is protected under applicable copyright laws.
Guiding with Purpose: A Self-Discovery Workbook for Counselors is on its way, and it’s full of helpful tools to make therapists feel stronger, more skilled, and more connected to
their work.
Great news for therapists and counselors! A new book is coming soon that will help mental health professionals learn, grow, and feel more confident in their work. Guiding with Purpose: A Self-Discovery Workbook for Counselors by Cassie Jewell, M.Ed., LPC, LSATP, is on its way, and it’s full of helpful tools to make therapists feel stronger, more skilled, and more connected to their work.
This workbook is for anyone working in mental health—whether you’re a student just starting out, a new therapist finding your way, or an experienced supervisor looking for fresh ideas for your students or residents and ways to reflect on your journey.
What Is This Book About?
Guiding with Purpose is not a regular textbook. It’s a hands-on workbook with simple exercises, questions, and activities that help therapists think, learn, and grow.
It will help therapists:
Build stronger relationships with clients
Improve counseling skills and techniques
Feel more confident in their work
Stop doubting themselves and overcome imposter syndrome
Avoid burnout and stress
Make better decisions in tough situations
Take care of their own mental health
Therapists spend their time helping others, but this book is here to help them. It gives professionals a chance to reflect, learn, and take care of themselves so they can continue doing their important work.
Who Is This Book For?
This soon-to-be-released workbook is perfect for:
Counseling students and new therapists
Experienced counselors looking for inspiration
Social workers, psychologists, and anyone in mental health
Clinical supervisors and teams in training
Anyone in the helping professions who wants to feel stronger and more confident
If you work in mental health or are studying to become a therapist, Guiding with Purpose will be a must-have book for your journey.
Why This Workbook Matters
Being a therapist is rewarding; it is also challenging. Many therapists feel tired, unsure, or stressed at some point in their careers. This workbook helps professionals pause, reflect, and grow, making sure they stay motivated and connected to their work.
Many counselors doubt themselves or feel like they don’t know enough. This book helps them see their strengths, build confidence, and find joy in their work again.
It’s not just about learning—it’s about feeling stronger, more balanced, and more prepared for the work therapists do every day.
About the Author
Cassie Jewell, M.Ed., LPC, LSATP, is a licensed therapist, substance abuse treatment practitioner, and clinical supervisor. She is also the creator of Mind Remake Project, a website that shares free mental health resources.
With years of experience in counseling, Cassie knows what it’s like to work in this field—the challenges, the doubts, and the joys. She has also written workbooks on grief and helping people heal after loss. Now, with Guiding with Purpose, she wants to help therapists reflect, learn, and keep growing.
When Will the Book Be Available?
The release date will be announced soon! Guiding with Purpose will be available in print and digital formats, making it easy for therapists to use. For updates and details, visit: https://www.mindremakeproject.org or email CassieJewellLPC@gmail.com.
The digital supplementary materials (discussion questions, quizzes, card decks and more can be downloaded/printed for free below, and utilized for educational, self-help, and therapeutic purposes. (Click the hyperlink after the preview to start download.)
Guiding with Purpose: A Self-Discovery Workbook for Counselors
Therapists do amazing work, but they also need time to pause, reflect, and care for themselves. Guiding with Purpose is coming soon to help professionals stay motivated, confident, and balanced in their careers.
If you are a therapist, counselor, social worker, or student, this workbook is for you! Get ready to learn more about yourself, improve your skills, and feel stronger in your work.
This free grief booklet serves as a guide for those struggling with grief and loss while incarcerated.
Free Grief Booklet: Loss Within the Walls
Loss Within the Walls: Coping with Grief While Incarcerated is a free grief booklet created especially for inmates who are struggling with grief and loss.
“Grief is like the ocean; it comes on waves ebbing and flowing. Sometimes the water is calm, and sometimes it is overwhelming. All we can do is learn to swim.”
— Vicki Harrison
Grief can be especially difficult in a correctional setting where access to support is limited, and emotions can feel heightened.
This free grief booklet aims to guide individuals who are incarcerated through understanding their grief, expressing their feelings, and finding healthy ways to cope in a correctional setting.
Please note that this free grief booklet is meant to be a two-fold booklet. To print two-fold, use the ‘booklet’ setting in Foxit PDF Editor when printing. Otherwise, print to scale (one page per sheet).
This free grief booklet may be reproduced and distributed for personal, therapeutic, and/or educational purposes. Please link to Mind Remake Project when sharing electronic copies.
For a full workbook on grief, created for anyone who is experiencing loss (also free to download), see Free Grief Workbook PDF – mind remake project. For quotes on grief, scroll to the bottom for a printable PDF.
Over 50 free resources for overcoming perfectionism including assessments, PDF workbooks, printable worksheets, videos, articles, and more.
This guide has 50+ free resources for overcoming perfectionism including assessments, worksheets/handouts, workbooks, guides, videos, articles, and more.
Do you hold yourself or others to unrealistic standards and find yourself defeated or frustrated when those standards aren’t met? Are you sensitive to criticism and have a fear of making mistakes? Do you have a tendency to procrastinate? Are you driven by fear or have an intense fear of failure? If so, you may be a perfectionist. And it may be hindering you instead of helping.
This free, original grief workbook PDF may be reproduced and distributed for personal, therapeutic, and/or educational purposes with appropriate citation. Please link to Mind Remake Project when sharing electronic copies.
A list of resources for finding happiness (including sites with free articles, assessments, videos, etc., free PDF workbooks, and free online courses!)
This is a list of websites, books, free printable PDF workbooks, and free online courses for finding happiness.
“It’s a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy.”
Authentic Happiness | A University of Pennsylvania website developed by the Positive Psychology Center with resources including readings, videos, research, questionnaires, and more
Center for Healthy Minds | A University of Wisconsin-Madison website with a mission to “cultivate well-being and relieve suffering through a scientific understanding of the mind”
Feeling Good | A David D. Burns website with free articles, assessments, podcasts, and more
