Boom and Bust Cycle Therapy Worksheets

• Therapists, counselors, social workers
• In-person or telehealth sessions

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14 Page PDF Digital Download

Our Boom and Bust Cycle therapy worksheets have been developed to support therapists and counsellors in helping clients understand fluctuating energy, overexertion, and crashes commonly experienced with chronic physical or mental health conditions.

The boom-and-bust cycle occurs when individuals overdo on “good days” and experience worsened symptoms, pain, or exhaustion on subsequent days. This resource provides clear psychoeducation and practical pacing tools to help clients move toward steadier, more sustainable levels of activity without guilt or self-blame.

All information, psychoeducation, and worksheets included in this resource are designed to be practical, validating, and easy to integrate into therapy sessions and between-session work.

What do our boom and bust cycle worksheets cover

This 14-page resource includes psychoeducation, reflection tools, and structured worksheets to help clients:

• Understand what the boom and bust cycle is and how it develops
• Identify who is most affected by the boom and bust cycle
• Reflect on recent “good day” and “bad day” cycles and associated thoughts, feelings, and behaviours
• Understand pacing as a core energy-management strategy
• Learn key principles of pacing and staying within an “energy envelope”
• Identify early warning signs of overexertion
• Use activity chunking, planning, and rest breaks to prevent crashes
• Track fatigue and energy levels using structured fatigue diaries
• Learn about chronic fatigue, including common symptoms and contributing factors
• Explore energy mapping to identify patterns across the day
• Use energy traffic light systems (green, yellow, red activities) to support decision-making
• Learn and apply Spoon Theory to daily planning and self-advocacy
• Identify activities that drain energy versus those that restore it
• Build self-compassion and reduce guilt around rest and pacing
• Develop personalised strategies to prevent long-term burnout

Who are our boom and bust cycle worksheets for

Designed by a registered psychologist, this resource is ideal for psychologists, counsellors, therapists, and allied health professionals supporting clients with fluctuating energy, fatigue, pain, burnout, or chronic health conditions.

Suitable for use with adolescents and adults, particularly individuals with chronic fatigue, chronic pain, long COVID, anxiety, depression, neurodivergence, or post-illness recovery.

Appropriate for use across clinical, private practice, community, rehabilitation, and multidisciplinary settings, and pairs well with pacing, Spoon Theory, and energy-mapping interventions.

What you can expect from our therapy resource:

• Structured exercises designed to support skill-building
• Based on established, evidence-informed therapy modalities
• High-quality resources with responsive support
• Practical, engaging, and easy-to-use designs
• Inclusive and relevant content for diverse clients

Further information on My Thriving Mind:

This is a digital product, available for instant download after purchase. The files are delivered in PDF format, optimised for both printing and to be online fillable.

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