Who Am I? Worksheet: Explore Identity Through Self-Reflection

Download this free therapy worksheet PDF to help your clients reveal and articulate their unique identity

The Who Am I? Worksheet is an essential tool in exploring the intricate aspects of your client’s identity, encompassing values, beliefs, cultural influences, and personal experiences. The worksheet aids your client in distinguishing between their inherent characteristics and acquired behavioural patterns, providing a clearer picture of who they are and who they aspire to be.Identity forms the core of our psychological and social existence. Understanding the multifaceted layers of one’s identity is helpful not just for personal insight but also for creating effective therapeutic interventions.Navigating through identity can be particularly challenging when past conditioning and societal expectations blur the lines of your client’s self-perception. The Who Am I? Worksheet is a reflective guide for your client to explore their true self, enabling them to move beyond restrictive labels and embrace a more authentic identity. The major components of the worksheet include:

• Explore core values and beliefs: Help your clients assess their values and the strength of their beliefs, giving them a deeper understanding of what drives their thoughts and actions.
• Examine cultural and social identity: Examine the influence of cultural and social environments to help your client see which aspects of their identity are shaped by external factors.
• Align personality traits: Using the Big Five personality model, help your client see how their traits resonate with their perceived identity.

As you and your client work together on the worksheet, you’ll both benefit from:

• Enhanced self-understanding: Guide your client through a structured exploration of their identity.
• Open dialogue: Prompt discussions that might not naturally arise in therapy, providing a comprehensive understanding of the client’s self-view and life experiences.
• Supportive goal setting: Help your client set realistic goals for personal development and transformation by identifying discrepancies between current self-perceptions and desired traits.

Use the Who Am I? Worksheet with your clients to help them uncover and articulate their unique identity. Affirm who they are while opening avenues to who they can become. An editable version of this worksheet is free to members of Uncommon Practitioners’ TV.