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Resources
Below are the resources I use frequently during my sessions with patients. Feel free to download or screenshot any for future use!
Notice: Things get rough, and you should reach out to me if you are experiencing a crisis. We can discuss a plan to manage between our sessions. If you are experiencing significant distress and can't wait to be seen, below is a list of resources you can contact for immediate help in an emergency crisis.
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Emergency: 911
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Suicide Hotline: 988
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Crisis Textline: 741741
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Trevor Project Hotline: (866) 488-7386
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Trevor Project Textline: (Text "Start" to) 678678
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Michigan 211: 2-1-1
Depression Screening
Below is the PHQ-9 (Patient Health Questionnaire-9), a widely used, brief self-report tool for screening, diagnosing, and monitoring the severity of depression, or Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)
Using resources like this tool for insights into your health may be helpful initially, but your self-scoring should not replace a professional medical diagnosis
Over the last two weeks, how often have you been bothered by any of the following problems?
Not at all
Several days
More than half the days
Nearly every day
1. Little interest or pleasure in doing things
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2. Feeling down, depressed, or hopeless
0
1
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3. Trouble falling asleep or staying asleep, or sleeping too much
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4. Feeling tired or having little energy
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5. Poor appetite or overeating
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6. Feeling about yourself, feeling that you are a failure, or have let yourself or your family down
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7. Trouble concentrating on thing, such as reading the newspaper or watching television
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8. Moving or speaking so slowly that other people could have noticed? Or the opposite: being so fidgety or restless that you have been moving around a lot more than usual
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9. Thoughts that you would be better off dead or of hurting yourself in some way
0
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3
Total Score (add columns)
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Depression Severity
Total Score
Minimal Depression
0–4
Mild Depression
5–9
Moderate Depression
10–14
Moderately Severe Depression
15–19
Severe Depression
20–27
Anxiety Screening
Below is the GAD-7 (Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item scale), a widely used, brief self-report tool for screening, diagnosing, and monitoring the severity of anxiety, or Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Using resources like this tool for insights into your health may be helpful initially, but your self-scoring should not replace a professional medical diagnosis.
During the last two weeks, how often have you been bothered by the following problems?
Not at all
Several days
More than half the days
Nearly every day
1. Feeling nervous, anxious, or on edge
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2
3
2. Not being able to stop or control worrying
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1
2
3
3. Worrying too much about different things
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1
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3
4. Trouble relaxing
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1
2
3
5. Being so restless that it is hard to sit still
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1
2
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6. Becoming easily annoyed or irritable
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3
7. Feeling afraid as if something awful might happen
0
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2
3
Total Score (add columns)
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Depression Severity
Total Score
Minimal Anxiety
0–4
Mild Anxiety
5–9
Moderate Anxiety
10–14
Severe Anxiety
15–21
Wheel of Emotions
The Wheel of Emotions resource helps label feelings, understand triggers, and improve self-awareness and communication.
To use the Wheel of Emotions, start at the center with a broad feeling you have, like "Sad", and move outward to find more specific words, like "Lonely" or "Disappointed". Then, identify further nuanced emotions in the outer ring, such as "Forsaken" or "Resentful".
Flyers & Activities
Power & Control Wheel
The Power and Control Wheel Developed by the Domestic Abuse Intervention Project in Duluth, Minnesota, the Power and Control Wheel illustrates the tactics an abuser uses on their victim. Constantly surrounded by threats and/or actual physical and sexual abuse, the victim is subjected to the various tactics listed in the spokes as the abuser attempts to exert complete power and control.
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