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(vine graphic) Marital Frustrations: A Worksheet (vine graphic)

1. Write Frustrating Event

What you do that frustrates me is…

2. Write Feeling Response

And then I feel…

(spacer) What Actually Happened
Step 2:
(spacer) Emotions - Feelings

 

Step 3:

4. Write Hidden Fear

To hide my fear of…

 

3. Write Behavioral Response

And what I do is…

(spacer) Fear Your Response Hides
Step 4:
(spacer) What You Actually Do
Step 5:

5. Write Hidden Desires

My desires from you are…

 

 
(spacer) Desires

 

6. Write Change Requests

To obtain my desires, I would like to request from you…

Next step: Next step: Next step:
(spacer) A. Behavior Change Request
(spacer) B. Behavior Change Request
(spacer) C. Behavior Change Request

Not sure what to say? Go back to the Marital Frustrations Sample