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Home > CBT Worksheets for Children > Fears and phobias

Child-friendly fear and phobia CBT worksheets with graded exposure activities

Fears and phobias

Explore our collection of fear and phobia worksheets for children, created to support practitioners using CBT and graded exposure approaches.

These resources include child-friendly psychoeducation handouts, exposure hierarchy activities and practical worksheets to build confidence and reduce avoidance.

Graded exposure is a core CBT intervention for treating specific phobias in children and young people and is recommended by clinical guidelines, including NICE. These fear and phobia worksheets for children support mental health professionals in delivering evidence-informed care.

 

Why do I get scared?

Fear and false alarms
Fear: What’s it like?

Fear: What’s it like?

Fight or flight

Fear & getting stuck
CBT worksheet for children on facing fears using graded exposure

Facing our fears

The Fear Mountain

Getting used to things

My journey to calm (Fears/phobias)
What makes me scared?

What makes me scared? (example)

What makes me scared? (blank)

My bravery journey (example)

My bravery journey (blank)

Climbing a bravery ladder

Climbing your bravery ladder

My bravery plan (example)

My bravery plan (blank)
Safety behaviours

Safety behaviours

Getting used to it – Top Tips
Parent/carer information sheet (Fear/phobia)

Parent/carer information sheet (Fear/phobia)

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