(037) Helping Kids Get Unhooked from Tough Thoughts

🎣 When Tough Thoughts Try to Hook You

This fishing themed worksheet helps kids recognize intrusive thoughts, notice the urge to check, repeat, avoid, seek reassurance, or make something feel “just right,” and practice choosing a different response.

Instead of trying to prove the thought true or make it disappear, kids learn to pause, consider other possibilities, sit with uncertainty, and use helpful coping tools. It offers a kid friendly way to build awareness and practice not taking the bait when OCD thoughts show up. 💙