Who it is for
For anyone who has reached the point of feeling they have tried everything for stress or burnout. For many people, one or two areas have been worked very hard, and others have not been touched. That is not failure. It is a record of effort.
The inventory gives you and your clinician a clearer place to start: a picture of what has already been done, so it is not repeated, and of where the gaps may be. It is description, not judgement.
What is inside
Page 1, read first. What the inventory is and is not, what it helps with, and six categories that cover the most common places people have already tried something:
Page 2. A cell for each of the six categories, with space for what I tried and what happened. A final box asks what I have not tried yet that might be worth exploring.
How to use it
- 1Read the six categoriesThey cover the most common places people have already tried something.
- 2Fill in what you triedWrite what you tried and what happened, a few words per cell. Skip cells if nothing comes. Honest and partial is fine.
- 3Notice the gapsAsk yourself which category you have not touched yet, and whether there is a reason for that. Bring that question to your next conversation.
The inventory is not a list of what you should have tried. It shows the shape of what you have already done. You can type into the PDF on a computer, or print it and write by hand.
