> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.getrivet.ca/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Therapy presets — 29 worksheets across 9 categories

> Pre-built clinical worksheets you can drop onto the canvas as editable elements. CBT, trauma, formulation, ACT, DBT, and more.

The whiteboard comes with 29 clinical worksheets — CBT triangles, polyvagal
ladders, thought records, attachment grids, stages of change, and the rest.
Each one drops onto your canvas as native, editable elements (not a locked
image), so every box, every label, every arrow can be repositioned and
re-coloured per client.

This is the menu that turns the whiteboard from "a blank canvas" into
"the clinical tool you reach for during psychoeducation, formulation,
or any session that benefits from a worksheet."

## How to use a preset

The **Worksheets** button sits at the bottom-left of the whiteboard. Tap it
and the clinical library picker opens — a search box at the top, category
chips below, and the full list of presets.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Search or browse">
    Type a few characters ("polyvagal", "CBT", "kids", "Beck") and the list
    filters live. Or tap a category chip to narrow to one modality. With no
    search active, the presets group by category for browsing.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Pick the one you want">
    A preview text describes each preset in one line.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Drop it">
    Tap the preset. The worksheet appears at the center of your current
    canvas viewport, ready to edit.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Customize">
    Every element is editable — recolor a box, rewrite a label, move a node
    to fit how this client thinks about their situation. The preset is
    a starting point, not a fixed worksheet.
  </Step>
</Steps>

You can drop multiple presets in one session. They land at your current
viewport center, so scroll to a fresh area of the canvas first if you don't
want them stacking on top of each other.

## When to reach for a preset vs. a blank canvas

A preset earns its place when the diagram itself IS the teaching — the
window of tolerance, the polyvagal ladder, the cognitive triangle. The
shape of the worksheet carries clinical meaning the client should see at
a glance.

A blank canvas is the right move when you're co-building something specific
to this client — their personal trigger map, their unique formulation,
their family genogram. Presets are templates; the canvas is for
authoring.

## The 29 presets, by category

| Category                   | Count | Use cases                                                   |
| -------------------------- | ----: | ----------------------------------------------------------- |
| **CBT**                    |     7 | Cognitive restructuring, thought records, behavioral chains |
| **Trauma + somatic**       |     4 | Psychoeducation on nervous system + trauma response         |
| **Formulation**            |     2 | Case conceptualization grids                                |
| **Emotion regulation**     |     2 | Distress measurement + DBT crisis skills                    |
| **Mindfulness + ACT**      |     3 | ACT moves, values work, sensory grounding                   |
| **Relationships**          |     2 | Attachment work + transactional analysis                    |
| **Substance use**          |     1 | Stage-of-change mapping                                     |
| **Children + adolescents** |     1 | Pediatric brain psychoeducation                             |
| **Psychoeducation**        |     1 | Stress-bucket model + sticky notes                          |

Detailed pages for each category below.

## The category pages

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="CBT — 7 presets" icon="brain" href="/whiteboard/presets-cbt">
    CBT triangle, cognitive distortions, downward arrow, ABC model,
    thought record, evidence for/against, hot cross bun.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Trauma + somatic — 4 presets" icon="waveform" href="/whiteboard/presets-trauma">
    Polyvagal ladder, window of tolerance, iceberg model, trigger map.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Formulation — 2 presets" icon="diagram-project" href="/whiteboard/presets-formulation">
    5 Ps formulation, cross-section formulation.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Emotion regulation — 2 presets" icon="gauge" href="/whiteboard/presets-emotion-regulation">
    SUDS scale 0–100, TIPP distress tolerance.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Mindfulness + ACT — 3 presets" icon="compass" href="/whiteboard/presets-mindfulness-act">
    Choice point, bull's-eye values, 5-4-3-2-1 grounding.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Relationships — 2 presets" icon="heart" href="/whiteboard/presets-relationships">
    Attachment styles grid, drama triangle (Karpman).
  </Card>

  <Card title="Substance use — 1 preset" icon="recycle" href="/whiteboard/presets-substance-use">
    Stages of change (Prochaska TTM).
  </Card>

  <Card title="Children + adolescents — 1 preset" icon="child" href="/whiteboard/presets-children-adolescents">
    Upstairs / downstairs brain (Siegel).
  </Card>

  <Card title="Psychoeducation — 1 preset" icon="bucket" href="/whiteboard/presets-psychoeducation">
    Stress bucket plus the six sticky-note colors.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Searching by framework or author

The picker's search matches against framework attributions and author names
as well as the preset's own label. A few that work:

* "Beck" → CBT triangle, cognitive distortions, evidence for/against, thought
  record, cross-section formulation
* "Dana" or "Porges" → polyvagal ladder
* "Siegel" → window of tolerance, upstairs/downstairs brain
* "Linehan" or "DBT" → TIPP skills
* "Russ Harris" or "ACT" → choice point, bull's-eye values
* "Karpman" → drama triangle
* "Prochaska" or "TTM" → stages of change
* "Padesky" or "Greenberger" → hot cross bun, thought record
* "kids" or "pediatric" → upstairs/downstairs brain

If you can name the framework, you can find the worksheet.

## Related articles

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Drawing tools" icon="paintbrush" href="/whiteboard/drawing-tools">
    Editing a preset once it's on the canvas.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Letting your client draw" icon="users" href="/whiteboard/client-collaboration">
    Two-way for client-filled worksheets like thought records.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>
