DBT Opposite Action Worksheet: Emotion Regulation Skills (Therapy Resources)

These worksheets offer a tool for DBT Opposite Action designed to help identify emotions, their associated action urges, and practical opposite actions. This tool is useful when emotions are ineffective or disproportionate to the situation. Always validate the emotion first, then apply Opposite Action if it aligns with the individual’s goals. The blank template is for you to individualize your own opposite action sheet. Use it to add your unique emotions, their associated action urges, and opposite actions to take!