Strengths List Worksheet
GinaMarie Guarino, LMHC
Worksheet updated on August 27th, 2025
Claiming your strengths is an important part of mental health, but can be a challenging task for clients in therapy. Clients are often aware of their challenges and vulnerabilities but may struggle with knowing the personal qualities that give them strength.
When a client struggles to claim their strengths, they may also struggle with building confidence, which affects their self-esteem and ability to meet their treatment goals. It is intimidating for a client to claim their strengths, but providing helpful tools can help them identify what they value in themselves and create a baseline for building confidence.
About This Worksheet
Helping clients identify their strengths facilitates their personal growth and efforts toward achieving their therapeutic goals. Providing them with a list of common strengths a person can possess is a tool when helping them claim their strengths.
This Strengths List worksheet provides a list of personal strengths that the client may possess. It can be a reference tool in therapy sessions to help clients identify their strengths and connect with their confidence points.
This worksheet is best used with adolescents and adults, but may also be used with older children if the mental health professional deems it appropriate. The Strengths List worksheet can be used in individual, group, family, or couples counseling sessions.
Instructions
The Strengths List worksheet can be used in different ways. A mental health professional may use this worksheet as a tool for exploring the client's strengths or helping them claim the qualities that make them feel proud.
Print the Strengths List worksheet and provide the client with a copy to review if they struggle to identify their strengths. The list can help with different treatment areas, including confidence and self-esteem building, learning healthy skills for managing anxiety, and when learning healthy coping skills for depression.
