Problem Solving Worksheet
Review of previous week's progress- How satisfied do you feel with your effort
on a scale of 0-10
Satisfaction: 0 = Not at all, 10 = Extremely Mood (1-10)
3 3
Briefly Describe Problem
No sexual activities causing stress, loneliness, and lack of motivation to do anything.
Goal
Less lonely [talk to 1 person/week]
Less stressed [linked to better sleep]
More motivated [scale: 3 to 7]
Better sleep [5hrs to 8hrs]
Health problems may go away [track symptoms and times use medication]
More expressive emotions ['fairly well' on questionnaire]
Brainstorm possible solutions
Ex: ”Take a hot bath, take walk or bike ride, call a friend, go to a move, use mindfulness
exercise.”
Possible Solutions Pros (What makes Cons (Time Money, Effort, Involving others)
this choice
effective)
Break from work Time, Money, Effort
Take leave from
work
Meet new people Involving others, time, money, effort, social anxiety,
Meet new people don’t like people
doing social activities
Change job Meet new people Time, money, effort, difficult to change job
Go to school to study Learning something Time, money, effort
new, meet new
people
Best Solution
Action Plan (steps to achieve Write down tasks you completed for the Action Plan:
solution)
Pleasant Activities Rate Satisfaction
(0 -10)
Date Activity
used to do fencing (stopped last year
Summer), used to enjoy playing video
games but not enjoyable