This coloring book is filled with wholesome affirmations to help when anxiety, depression, or low self-esteem feel overwhelming. Center your mind with a physical coloring activity of these positive thoughts to help cope with mental health challenges. Crowd out anxious, racing, runaway, or toxic thoughts with positive phrases like "I can do it," "This is tough but so am I," and "A small step is still a step." Also useful for stress relief, building confidence, or providing self-reassurance. This coloring book includes two copies of twelve colorable phrases for a total of twenty-four coloring pages in all.

“Bravo to Drs. Muratori and Haynes on this timely resource that provides insightful and compassionate narratives on key presenting problems in therapy, combined with actionable exercises and techniques for both counselors and clients as they navigate together through disturbing times in our society. This workbook should be in every counselor’s library and will prove to be one of the well-worn favorites reached for consistently when looking for a way to help a client.” —Patrice Moulton, PhD Northwestern State University of Louisiana “Coping skills for today’s rapidly changing world are essential. In this gem of a workbook, Michelle Muratori and Robert Haynes have uniquely combined their abilities and years of scholarship and professional experiences. They emphasize the importance of developing client and counselor resilience and wellness, and their book has something for everyone to maximize the benefits of the counseling experience. I strongly recommend this excellent, thought-provoking, and engaging workbook.” —George T. Williams, EdD, NCC The Citadel “Coping Skills for a Stressful World presents an engaging and careful balance of essential knowledge, skills, and activities in an accessible guide to the treatment of issues commonly encountered in our contemporary world. The exercises can be used in session, as homework for clients, or by any individual who is concerned with the topics addressed in this highly readable book.” —Mary Guindon, PhD Kansas State University This comprehensive counseling tool kit for stress management provides clinicians with hundreds of client exercises and activities. Representing a variety of therapeutic approaches, this workbook offers creative techniques for helping clients handle traditional concerns, including anxiety, depression, anger, and grief in addition to heightened present-day issues, such as natural and human-made disasters, the misuse of social media, political divisiveness, social injustice, and mass shootings and other violence. Drs. Muratori and Haynes give their personal and professional perspectives on successfully working with clients therapeutically and also invite a number of expert clinicians to share their experiences and exercises they have used that have been effective with clients. The final section of the workbook presents strategies for counselor self-care and client life after counseling. *Requests for digital versions from ACA can be found on www.wiley.com. *To purchase print copies, please visit the ACA website here. *Reproduction requests for material from books published by ACA should be directed to [email protected] Michelle Muratori, PhD, is a senior counselor at the Center for Talented Youth and a faculty associate in the Master of Science in Counseling program at Johns Hop­kins University in Baltimore, Maryland. Robert Haynes, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and producer of psychology video pro­grams for Borderline Productions. The topics of stress and crisis management have been a focus in Dr. Haynes’s professional career, and he led stress debriefings and taught stress management classes for more than 20 years.

A teen version of the #1 Bestselling Coping Skills for Kids Workbook, this version is written specifically with a tween/teen audience (age 11+) in mind. There are 60 coping strategies included in the book, and it's divided into Coping Styles to make searching for a coping skill easier.This book also includes several pages to support teens as they work on their coping skills, including: Feelings Tracker Worksheet Identifying Triggers and Making a Plan Positive to Negative Thoughts Worksheet Journal Pages Wellness Worksheets, including a Self-Care PlanThere's also a rich resource section full of apps, books, card decks, and other resources to help teens deal with stress, anxiety and anger.

This study is the first national, multi-site trial of patient-treatment matching. Describes cognitive-behavioral coping skills therapy (CBT), one type of treatment approach. Core Sessions include coping with cravings and urges to drink; problem solving; drink refusal skills, and more. Elective Sessions include starting conversations; introduction to assertiveness; anger management; job-seeking skills, and much more. Bibliography.

Don’t let your thoughts and fears define you. In Overcoming Harm OCD, psychotherapist Jon Hershfield offers powerful cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and mindfulness tools to help you break free from the pain and self-doubt caused by harm OCD. Do you suffer from violent, unwanted thoughts and a crippling fear of harming others? Are you afraid to seek treatment for fear of being judged? If so, you may have harm OCD—an anxiety disorder associated with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). First and foremost, you need to know that these thoughts do not define you as a human being. But they can cause a lot of real emotional pain. So, how can you overcome harm OCD and start living a better life? Written by an expert in treating harm OCD, this much-needed book offers a direct and comprehensive explanation of what harm OCD is and how to manage it. You’ll learn why you have unwanted thoughts, how to identify mental compulsions, and find an overview of cognitive-behavioral and mindfulness-based treatment approaches that can help you reclaim your life. You’ll also find tips for disclosing violent obsessions, finding adequate professional help, and working with loved ones to address harm OCD systemically. And finally, you’ll learn that your thoughts are just thoughts, and that they don’t make you a bad person. If you have harm OCD, it’s time to move past the stigma and start focusing on solutions. This evidence-based guide will help light the way.

This book will help develop coping skills through arts and language-based activities. The strategies suggested build on children's existing knowledge and skills to enhance their learning, and will all contribute to: · improving all children's emotional health and creativity · developing resilience, particularly in periods of high stress such as transition from preschool to school · increasing children's capacity to cooperate, respect and play with others The authors also explain how to identify children at risk, particularly those experiencing anxiety or delay in social and emotional development, so that parents and practitioners can intervene early where difficulties exist. Practitioners and parents of children aged 3-8 will find a treasure trove of activities to build coping and self-esteem through creative play and imagination.

This training manual for pateints who have suffered severe trauma includes a short educational piece, homework sheets, and exercises that promote essential emotional and life skills.