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Self-Esteem Journal

December 22, 2020/in Adults, Depression | Anxiety, Eating Disorders, Substance Use | Addiction, Teens, Trauma, Video Intervention /by Marketing

Positive journaling has been found to help improve feelings of well-being and self-esteem. With this self-esteem worksheet, your clients will be asked to record three daily statements related to their successes, good qualities, and positive experiences. This worksheet is great for clients who have difficulty generating ideas for positive experiences to journal about.”

Assign this as homework for your client for a week, and use the next session to reflect on their observations after journaling about their success and strengths for a week. How did this affect their view of self? Relationships? Mental health symptoms? Explore the Ct’s experience noticing their own strengths.

Containment in Telehealth

December 22, 2020/in ADD, Autism, Children, Depression | Anxiety, Divorce, Eating Disorders, Grief | Loss, Play Therpay, Relationships | Self-CARE, Teens, Trauma, Video Intervention /by Marketing

“Containment is a powerful skill for all of us. Containment allows us to give our nervous systems a break from distress and choose what and when we want to think about certain things.”

Light Stream Technique

December 15, 2020/in Adults, Anger Management, Depression | Anxiety, Eating Disorders, Grief | Loss, Substance Use | Addiction, Trauma, Video Intervention /by Marketing

This mindfulness practice includes the defusion technique of imagining an emotion as an object, and a self soothing technique of imagining a healing light addressing that object.

Core Beliefs

December 15, 2020/in Adults, Depression | Anxiety, Eating Disorders, Relationships | Self-CARE, Trauma, Video Intervention /by Marketing

Look at the following list of common negative and positive beliefs that people have about themselves. Identify which negative beliefs stand out to you, as well as any associated memories, emotions, and body sensations that surface when you acknowledge those negative beliefs. Next, go through the list of positive beliefs and identify the statements that you already believe about yourself and the statements that you would like to believe about yourself.

Inside Out: Guess the Feelings

December 15, 2020/in Children, Depression | Anxiety, Families, Trauma, Video Intervention /by Marketing

Sometimes it is hard to understand why we react the way we do when we have big feelings. This video is a great way to teach children as a clinician or a parent how emotions can be linked to reactions, and it can help open conversation about what kinds of reactions they might be having as a child.

Safe/Calm Space Guided Imagery

December 15, 2020/in Adults, Depression | Anxiety, Trauma, Video Intervention /by Marketing

Media is a major stressor. This script (that reads like an exercise) helps its readers and listeners to engage more consciously with media. It is a mindfulness practice different than formal meditations. However, it offers us deeper insights into the way we engage with technology.

Functions of Emotions

December 15, 2020/in Adults, Children, Couples, Families, Grief | Loss, Relationships | Self-CARE, Teens, Trauma, Video Intervention /by Marketing

Despite what we’re often told, happiness is not the default emotion for humans. The reality is that we need to experience all of our emotions; they each have a purpose. Our emotions provide us information that logic alone cannot give us.

Hypo-Hyper Arousal and the Window of Tolerance

November 19, 2020/in Adults, Trauma, Video Intervention /by Marketing

Hyperarousal, Hypoarousal, and the Window of Tolerance: Understandably many people right now are under tremendous amounts of stress. Our bodies have a natural system to handle stressful experiences, and when that system is activated we become hyperaroused (i.e., fight or flight) and/or hypoaroused (i.e., freeze). Knowing how your body reacts in each of these states can help you recognize your stress earlier, and therefore allow you to take care of yourself earlier

DEARMAN

November 17, 2020/in Adults, Couples, Depression | Anxiety, Families, Relationships | Self-CARE, Substance Use | Addiction, Trauma, Video Intervention /by Marketing

DEARMAN is an acronym to help us effectively advocate for ourselves and improve our interpersonal communication. Use this acronym to broach a difficult conversation with a family member, friend, or at work.

Self-Esteem Journal

Containment in Telehealth

Light Stream Technique

Core Beliefs

Inside Out: Guess the Feelings

Safe/Calm Space Guided Imagery

Functions of Emotions

Hypo-Hyper Arousal and the Window of Tolerance

DEARMAN

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