Three Good Things Worksheet
GinaMarie Guarino, LMHC
Worksheet published on September 4th, 2024
Gratitude exercises can help clients in therapy cope with challenging feelings. Different conditions, including anger, depression, low self-esteem, anxiety, and more cause patterns of negative thoughts.
When a client learns how to practice gratitude regularly, their negative thought patterns become more balanced. They start to consider the good things happening around them, which can reduce negative cycles.
Gratitude exercises can be a simple daily practice for clients in therapy. Teaching clients how to reflect on the good things that happen can help them regulate their emotions and feel less hopeless.
About This Worksheet
A helpful journaling practice that promotes gratitude is the Three Good Things exercise. Three Good Things is a gratitude exercise that instructs the client to record and reflect on 3 good things that happened in their day. It is often used as a journaling prompt that is completed daily to help clients reflect on how they interact positively with their day.
To aid in journaling, the Three Good Things worksheet provides a space for clients to reflect on three good things that happened in their day. It can be used with adolescents and adults and is designed a homework assignment that may be used in individual or group counseling sessions.
Instructions
On the Three Good Things worksheet, the client records the good things that happened and answers the reflection questions daily. The reflection questions help them consider how they contribute to the good things around them. This worksheet is to be completed daily as a homework assignment, so 7 copies of the worksheet need to be provided to the client. You may also instruct the client to use the worksheet as a reference and complete the exercise in their journal daily.
Review the introduction and directions with the client. Instruct them to record three good things and complete the reflection questions daily. The following week, discuss with the client what their experience was like with the gratitude exercise. Ask them about any noticeable changes in their daily mood and explore how regular use of the exercise may help them manage negative thoughts and feelings that affect their mood. Encourage the client to continue to practice Three Good Things to promote regular use of gratitude exercises.
