Worry Containment Worksheet

Contain intrusive worries so you can stay focused during the day, using an ADHD-coaching worksheet grounded in CBT-style worry scheduling.

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When to Use This Tool

A client's worries are bleeding into focused work throughout the day

A client wants a structured system for containing worry to a specific daily window

A client is trying to separate worry from the rest of their day rather than suppressing it

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Trying to stop worrying doesn't work. Scheduling it does. This worksheet sets up...

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Tool Classification

Domain

ADHD

Type

Worksheet

Phase

Action Reflection

Details

15 min Between sessions As-needed

Topics

Emotions Habits Executive Function

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1 Worry That Hijacks Work Blocks

Context

A client with ADHD works as a data analyst and has identified that worry interrupts their focused work sessions. A thought about an unresolved problem - a conversation they need to have, a bill they have not paid, an email they have not sent - surfaces during focused work, they feel the pull to address it immediately, and the work session ends. They have tried ignoring the worry but find it intensifies. They have tried addressing it immediately but then the task they were working on cannot be resumed.

How to Introduce

Frame this as a scheduled acknowledgment system, not a suppression system: 'You are not putting the worry away. You are ...

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