What Is Worry? Worksheet

Children often have a hard time communicating how they feel. There could be a few different reasons for this. Whether they are afraid, frustrated, or do not understand how to express emotions, talking about feelings can be difficult for a child.

An emotion that is especially challenging to express is worry. Worry comes from a place of fear and insecurity, which can make it difficult to talk about for anyone, especially a child. Learning methods for identifying and expressing worry can help improve a child’s mental health.

About This Worksheet

Talking about worries starts with understanding what worry is and how it can cause a child to feel uncomfortable. The What Is Worry worksheet is a worksheet that helps children explore what it feels like to be worried.

This worksheet explores what worry feels like with a sentence completion exercise. It offers reflection questions about worrying for the child learn how to handle their feelings of anxiety.

With practice, the client learns to recognize when they need to talk about their feelings. They will also learn how to identify warning signs that indicate that they are worrying. The What Is Worry worksheet is for children learning about expressing painful emotions like worry. It can be used in individual, group, and family therapy sessions at the therapist’s discretion.

Instructions

Introduce this worksheet when working with children learning to cope with anxiety and worry. Read the introduction sentence and explain to the child that they will be learning about what it feels like to be worried. Use the exercise as an introduction to learning about how to manage anxiety and worries.

Sit with the client as they complete the sentences. Help them explore what they may feel in their body in reaction to worry and help them understand why it is important to know how to worry healthily.

You may also use the last two questions to help the client develop an action plan for when they feel worried or afraid.

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