Purpose 🎯

Help clients identify energy patterns and create routines that support emotional wellness.

Let’s Talk About It 🗣️

Explore what increases and decreases emotional energy.

Sort experiences into:

• Energy giving activities
• Energy draining activities
• Activities that restore balance

Ask:

• When do you feel most depleted?
• What activities leave you feeling more like yourself?
• Where are you spending energy that is not serving you?

If the Conversation Gets Stuck 💡

• What would you protect your energy from if you could?
• What boundaries could create more space?
• What is one small change that would help?

Telehealth / Whiteboard Version ⚖️

Create an energy bank with deposits, withdrawals, and balance goals.

Why This Works 🌱

This activity increases awareness of behavioral patterns and supports intentional choices that improve functioning.

Clinical Pearl 🧠

Clients with depression often describe low energy as a personal failure. Help them explore energy management rather than self-criticism.

Documentation Language 📝

Therapist utilized behavioral activation and self-monitoring strategies to explore energy patterns, daily routines, and adaptive coping behaviors.

Clinical Focus: Energy Awareness, Behavioral Activation, Routine Development