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This document provides instructions for a student to select one of three anxiety-producing scenarios and help the individual create a 5-10 item anxiety hierarchy including subjective units of distress (SUDs) ratings from 0-100% for each item. The scenarios involve a mother's anxiety about sending her child to school, a client's driving anxiety after a minor car accident, or a teenage client's anxiety about starting school with new dental braces. The student is to use the provided matrix to list distressing thoughts or events and their corresponding SUDs ratings to help conceptualize the individual's anxiety.

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SUDS Worksheet

This document provides instructions for a student to select one of three anxiety-producing scenarios and help the individual create a 5-10 item anxiety hierarchy including subjective units of distress (SUDs) ratings from 0-100% for each item. The scenarios involve a mother's anxiety about sending her child to school, a client's driving anxiety after a minor car accident, or a teenage client's anxiety about starting school with new dental braces. The student is to use the provided matrix to list distressing thoughts or events and their corresponding SUDs ratings to help conceptualize the individual's anxiety.

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SUDS Worksheet

Name:

Review the information on Subjective Units of Distress (SUDs) on pages 98 to 100 and anxiety
hierarchies on pages 225 to 227 in your textbook. Then select one of these scenarios and complete the
following.

a. A mother, with a young child who will soon be attending school for the first time, becomes
anxious and fearful whenever she thinks of being away from her child. Help her create a 5-10
item anxiety-hierarchy, including SUDs ratings using the matrix below.
b. A new client reports that he is very anxious and frightened to drive ever since having a small car
accident at a stop sign three months ago. Help him create a 5-10 item anxiety-hierarchy,
including SUDs ratings, using the matrix below.
c. A teenage client has recently received dental braces over the summer and is anxious and fearful
about the upcoming school year. Their parent reports that they are crying and stating that they
will not go to school with braces. Help the teenage client create a 5-10 item anxiety-hierarchy,
including SUDs ratings, using the matrix below.

SUDs (Subjective
Units of Distress;
Distressing Thoughts or Events anxiety level from 0%
to 100%)

5 (Note: If you have more than 5 levels to your hierarchy, please add
additional rows above.)

4.

3.

2.

1.

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