Client Workbook, Grounding Cards, Body-Based Exercises and Regulation Tools

Somatic Tools for Nervous System Regulation

Client Workbook, Grounding Cards, Body-Based Exercises and Regulation Tools

A comprehensive nervous system regulation workbook featuring somatic therapy worksheets, grounding cards, body maps, anxiety-support exercises, vagus nerve practices, regulation plans, panic tools, check-ins, and client reflection pages. Printable digital download for therapists and clients. Not editable.

Help clients better understand their nervous system, recognize patterns of activation and shutdown, build body awareness, and develop practical tools for grounding, regulation, rest, connection, and anxiety support.

This comprehensive digital workbook includes trauma-informed client worksheets, nervous-system education, somatic practices, body-awareness tools, grounding cards, regulation plans, reflection pages, and practical exercises that can be used during therapy sessions or as appropriate between-session support.

The materials are designed to feel calming, professional, accessible, and supportive without being overly clinical or overwhelming. Each page features a cohesive, premium design using soft navy, butter cream, muted watercolor tones, warm neutrals, and subtle gold accents.

This is a completed digital product. It is not editable, customizable, or provided as a Canva template.

What Is Included

Nervous System Education and Awareness

• Common Somatic and Nervous System Terms

• Fight, Flight, Freeze and Fawn

• Nervous System States

• Window of Tolerance

• Body Sensations List

• Which Tool Should I Try?

• My Signs of Safety, Activation and Shutdown

• When My Nervous System Shifts

• Practice Modifications and Choice Guide

• How to Use This Workbook

Body Awareness and Somatic Tracking

• Female Felt Sense Body Map

• Male Felt Sense Body Map

• Body Scan

• Body-Based Processing Tools

• Orienting

• Grounding Through the Feet

• Pendulation

• Titration

• Breath Tracking

• Butterfly Tapping

• Self-Hold and Containment

• Gentle Movement and Stretching

Grounding and Regulation Practices

The workbook includes practical exercises and printable tools such as:

• Extended Exhale Breathing

• Physiological Sigh

• Deep Belly Breathing

• Alternate Nostril Breathing

• Voo Breathing

• Humming and Vocal Toning

• 5-4-3-2-1 Grounding

• Orienting to Safety

• Peripheral Vision Exercise

• Feet on the Floor

• Press Into the Chair

• Heel Press

• Wall Push

• Tension and Release

• Gentle Neck Movement

• Hand-to-Heart Grounding

• Temperature Reset

• Cool Water Reset

• Water Play

• Butterfly Hug

• Legs Up the Wall

• Child’s Pose

• Ear Massage

• Gargling Water

• Singing and Humming

• Additional vagus nerve support practices

Personalized Regulation and Support Planning

• Personalized Regulation Plan

• Nervous System Check-In

• Daily or Weekly Check-In

• My Regulation Menu

• Sensory Regulation Menu

• Triggers, Cues and Repair

• Triggers, Glimmers and Cues of Safety Log

• Nervous System Patterns Tracker

• My Co-Regulation and Support Plan

• Returning to Safety Plan

• Panic and Overwhelm Support Plan

• Rest, Recovery and Nervous-System Capacity

• Gentle Boundaries for Regulation

• My Strengths and Resources

• Notes and Reflection

• Daily Regulation Tracker

Printable Therapeutic Exercise Cards

The toolkit includes coordinating printable exercise cards with:

• A direction card explaining the purpose, appropriate use, instructions, and gentle safety reminders

• A matching practice card with visual steps, prompts, tracing elements, or reflection space

• Four cards per US Letter page

• Coordinating cut guides and consistent card dimensions

• Client-friendly language for use during sessions or between sessions

Designed For

• Psychotherapists

• Licensed counselors

• Marriage and family therapists

• Clinical social workers

• Trauma-informed clinicians

• Somatic therapists and practitioners

• Nervous-system-informed coaches

• Yoga therapists and mind-body practitioners

• Clients using the materials with appropriate professional guidance

Product Details

• Digital download only

• No physical item will be mailed

• Printable PDF format

• US Letter size: 8.5 × 11 inches

• Portrait orientation

• Completed files provided as shown

• Not editable

• Not customizable

• Not a Canva template

• Not intended for resale or redistribution

• Colors may vary slightly depending on screen, printer, ink, and paper

Ways to Use the Workbook

Therapists may use selected pages:

• During individual therapy sessions

• During psychoeducation and nervous-system work

• As guided in-session exercises

• As appropriate between-session reflection

• When developing personalized regulation plans

• To help clients track patterns, triggers, body sensations, and supportive responses

• To identify preferred grounding and co-regulation tools

Clients should not feel pressured to complete every page or practice every exercise. Pages can be selected according to individual readiness, needs, preferences, and treatment goals.

Trauma-Informed Use

The workbook emphasizes choice, pacing, curiosity, and flexibility.

Clients are encouraged to:

• Move at their own pace

• Keep their eyes open when that feels safer

• Use seated or standing modifications

• Shorten or skip practices as needed

• Begin with external grounding when internal awareness feels overwhelming

• Stop if a practice increases distress, pain, dizziness, numbness, panic, overwhelm, or dissociation

• Seek individualized support when needed

Important Clinical Disclaimer

This workbook is intended for educational, reflective, and supportive purposes only.

It is not a substitute for:

• Individualized psychotherapy

• Medical care

• Clinical assessment or diagnosis

• Crisis intervention

• Emergency services

• Trauma treatment

• Professional consultation

• Individualized safety planning

These materials do not diagnose, treat, prevent, or cure anxiety, trauma, nervous-system disorders, or other medical or mental health conditions.

Not every exercise is appropriate for every person. The purchaser and treating professional are responsible for selecting and adapting practices according to the client’s needs, health, readiness, culture, clinical presentation, and scope of care.

Anyone experiencing immediate danger, a mental health crisis, or urgent medical symptoms should contact local emergency services or an appropriate crisis resource.

Single-User Professional License

Your purchase includes a single-clinician professional-use license.

You May

• Use the materials in your own professional practice.

• Print individual pages for your own clients.

• Provide selected client-facing worksheets to your own clients for personal therapeutic use.

• Assign appropriate pages as between-session support.

• Reprint pages for continued use with your own caseload.

• Keep one digital working copy for your personal professional use.

• Use the materials while providing paid therapy or coaching services within your professional scope.

You May Not

• Resell the workbook or any individual page.

• Redistribute the complete digital files.

• Share the files with other therapists, coaches, colleagues, interns, supervisors, practices, agencies, schools, or organizations.

• Upload the files to shared drives, websites, memberships, courses, trainings, social media, or online resource libraries.

• Edit, alter, translate, crop, rebrand, or remove copyright information.

• Add your own logo, practice name, or branding.

• Create derivative products from the content, prompts, layouts, illustrations, or designs.

• Sell printed copies.

• Charge clients a separate fee for the worksheets.

• Claim the materials as your own original work.

A separate license is required for each professional using the files.

Digital Product and Return Policy

Please review the listing photographs and description carefully before purchasing.

• This is a digital product.

• No physical product will be shipped.

• The files are provided as shown.

• The workbook is not editable.

• Customization is not included.

• Digital sales are final.

• Returns, exchanges, and cancellations are not accepted after purchase or file access, except where required by applicable law.

Copyright

Copyright © 2026 Elizabeth Boyer and Acadia Therapy Tools. All rights reserved.

Created by:

Elizabeth Boyer, Psychotherapist
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Founder of Acadia Psychotherapy & Associates
McKinney, Texas

Purchase grants a limited single-user license. Ownership and copyright are not transferred to the purchaser.

Unauthorized copying, resale, redistribution, file sharing, modification, rebranding, or commercial reproduction is prohibited.

Please Note

This workbook is also intended to complement other Acadia Therapy Tools resources. Review individual listings carefully before purchasing multiple bundles, as some worksheets may overlap with larger collections.

Thank you for supporting therapist-created mental health resources.