Toxic Forgiveness Therapy Worksheets

• Therapists, counsellors, psychologists, social workers and coaches
• Built for in-person and telehealth sessions

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12 Page PDF Digital Download

Our Toxic Forgiveness therapy worksheets have been developed to support therapists and counsellors in helping clients understand unhealthy forgiveness patterns, people-pleasing behaviours, boundary difficulties, and trauma-based relational responses.

This resource explores how forgiveness can become harmful when it is rushed, pressured, or used to avoid conflict, pain, or abandonment. It takes a trauma-informed, validating approach, helping clients prioritise emotional safety, boundaries, and authentic healing rather than performative or premature forgiveness.

All information, psychoeducation, and exercises included in this resource are designed to be reflective, accessible, and easy to integrate into therapy sessions and between-session work.

What do our toxic forgiveness worksheets cover

This 12-page resource includes psychoeducation and practical reflection tools to help clients:

• Understand what toxic forgiveness is and how it differs from healthy forgiveness
• Recognise signs of premature or performative forgiveness
• Explore why “forgive and forget” can be harmful when the hurt is unresolved
• Identify emotional suppression and avoidance patterns linked to forgiveness
• Understand people-pleasing behaviours and their underlying causes
• Recognise signs and drivers of people pleasing
• Explore the fawn response as a trauma-based survival strategy
• Understand how trauma, fear, and attachment influence fawning behaviours
• Learn the ABC model of healthy forgiveness
• Develop skills to slow down forgiveness and prioritise wellbeing
• Learn how to set and maintain healthy boundaries
• Explore different boundary types and boundary styles (porous, rigid, healthy)
• Practise assertive communication and saying “no”
• Identify relationship green flags and red flags
• Reduce shame and self-blame around boundary setting

Who are our toxic forgiveness worksheets for

Designed by a registered psychologist, this resource is ideal for psychologists, counsellors, therapists, and allied health professionals supporting clients with people pleasing, boundary difficulties, relational trauma, attachment wounds, or chronic self-abandonment.

Suitable for use with adolescents and adults, particularly those with histories of trauma, emotional abuse, anxiety, low self-esteem, or relationship difficulties. Appropriate for use across clinical, private practice, and community settings.

What you can expect from our psychology therapy tools:

• 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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