Educational Classes and Support Groups

Participate in recovery by learning through best practices including:

SafeHaven Programming


Table of Contents

1. Wellness Recovery Action Plan
2. WRAP Support Group
3. Daily WRAP
4. B.R.I.D.G.E.S.
5. Peer Support
6. Living in Balance: Core Curriculum
7. Living in Balance: Program-Building Sessions
8. Recovery Life Skills
9. 8 Dimensions of Wellness (Wellness Initiative)
10. Anger Management for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Clients
11. Connections: Shame-Resilience Curriculum
12. Job Readiness
13. Life Management Skills
14. Computer Education
15. Money Smart
16. Arts and Crafts
17. Miracle of Music
18. Exercise Group (Healthy Heads and Hearts)
19. Focus Meeting
20. Daily Reflection/Snack
21. I Am Safehaven
22. Inspiration
23. Addressing Chronic Diseases
24. Living Skills: Personal Growth and Practical Guidance
25. Hazelden Co-Occurring Disorders Program
26. Illness Management and Recovery
27. Whole Health Action Management (WHAM)
28. NTTP Team Solutions
29. Connections and Care
30. Midwest Care Attacking Anxiety and Depression
31. Life Skills Series - Beyond Anger: Connecting with Self and Others
32. Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT): Self Esteem
33. Relationships Rock
34. Self Matters
35. The CBT Toolbox Workbook
36. Owning Up Curriculum
37. 201 Life Skills: The Useful Book
38. Emotionally Intelligent Anger Management
39. The Mindfulness Workbook for Anxiety
40. Mindfulness Skills Workbook
41. The STOP Program
42. The STOP Program for Women
43. The Domestic Violence Workbook
44. Emotionally Intelligent Batterer Intervention
45. Conflict Management Skills Workbook
46. 101 Trauma-Informed Interventions
47. Home-Ec 101:  Skills for Everyday Living
48. 103 Group Activities and T.I.P.S.
49. 150 More Group Therapy Activities and T.I.P.S.
50. CBT Worksheets
51. The Addiction Recovery Skills Workbook
52. DBT Skills Training Handouts and Worksheets
53. Emotionally Healthy Relationships
54. Music Therapy Sourcebook
55. The Courage to Heal Workbook
56. Life After Trauma:  A Workbook for Healing
57. The Communication Skills Workbook
58. A Program for you
59. Narcotics Anonymous
60. Art Activities for Groups
61. Creative Relaxation in Group Work
62. Group Activities with Older Adults
63. Creative Therapy 52 Exercises for Groups
64. 100 Interactive Activities for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Recovery
65. Mental Health & High School: Curriculum Guide
66. Life Management Skills I
67. Life Management Skills II
68. Life Management Skills V
69. Life Management Skills VI
70. Job Hunting for Dummies
71. Anxiety & Depression Workbook for Dummies
72. Spirituality for Dummies
73. Depression for Dummies
74. Stress Management for Dummies
75. Overcoming Anxiety for Dummies
76. Happiness for Dummies
77. Emotionally Healthy Spirituality
78. The Essential Work Skills Workbook
79. The Self-Esteem Workbook
80. The Complex PTSD Workbook
81. 21 ways to Defuse Anger & Calm People Down
82. The Anger and Aggression Workbook                        
83. The Building Resiliency Workbook                            
84. The Wellness Lifestyle Workbook

Program/ Group/Class
Key Concepts/Session Outline

Wellness Recovery Action Plan
Group focuses on key concepts of:   personal responsibility, self-advocacy, hope, education, and support.  

Participants are given WRAP notebooks with organized sections of:

• Daily Maintenance
• Triggers
• Trigger Action Plan
• Early Warning Signs
• Early Warning Signs Action Plan
• Crisis Plan
• Post-Crisis Plan

Weeks 1-3:  Key Concepts of Mental Health Recovery:  

• Hope
• Personal Responsibility
• Education
• Self-advocacy
• Support
• Getting good health care
• Medication Management  

Weeks 4-12:  Creating the personalized WRAP:  

• Wellness Toolbox
• Daily Maintenance Plan
• Identifying Triggers and an Action Plan
• Identifying Early Warning Signs and an Action Plan
• Signs that Things are Breaking Down and an Action Plan
• Crisis Planning
• Post Crisis Planning  

WRAP Support Group
Discussion group focused on:

1. Reaching out to others for support
2. Checking in with care providers
3. Peer counseling
4. Focusing exercises
5. Stress reduction and relaxation techniques
6. Doing things to divert attention; things you enjoy
7. Journal writing
8. Food related issues
9. Exercise
10. Light
11. Sleep related issues
12. Modifying your daily life
13. Keeping yourself safe
14. Daily planning
15. Spiritual Beliefs
16. Self Esteem
17. Changing Negative Thoughts to Positive Ones
18. Peer support
19. Work Related Issues
20. Trauma Recovery
21. Suicide prevention
22. Living Space
23. Lifestyle
24. Motivation

Daily WRAP
Utilizing Wellness Recovery Action Plan concepts, members create a WRAP for current, specific situations/issues/stressors


B.R.I.D.G.E.S.
Building Recovery of Individual Dreams and Goals through Education and Support

Class 1:  The Foundation of Bridges
Class 2:  Mood Disorders
Class 3:  Thought Disorders
Class 4:  Other Disorders
Class 5:  Helpful Support
Class 6:  Medications
Class 7:  Problem Management
Class 8:  Communication Skills
Class 9:  Religion, Spirituality, and Mental Health
Class 10:  Advocacy, Graduation

Peer Support - Members and staff provide support for current symptoms and situations/challenges through the POWER method:
P=Pinpoint the problem and its details.
O=Options:  Discuss what has been tried, and what the best options are.
W=What if:  What if those options don’t work, then what are the next best options      AND what are the best coping skills in the meantime?
E=Empower the member to do their part with necessary tools.
R=Recognize the need for follow-up to show we care and to ensure improvement.  Remind the member to check in at peer support soon.


Living In Balance:
Core Curriculum
Session 1 Definitions, Terms, and Self-Diagnosis
Session 2 Drug Education
Session 3 What Are Triggers?
Session 4 Planning for Sobriety
Session 5 Alcohol and Tobacco
Session 6 Spirituality
Session 7 Sex, Drugs, and Alcohol
Session 8 Stress
Session 9 Skills for Stress
Session 10 Negative Emotions
Session 11 Anger and Communication
Session 12 Relapse Prevention


Living In Balance:  Program-Building Sessions

Session 15: Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Session 19: Problem Solving
Session 20: Attitudes and Beliefs
Session 21: Human Needs and Social Relationships
Session 22: Family Matters

Session 25: Educational and Vocational Goals
Session 26: Money Management

Session 28: Sexual Abuse

Session 31: Grief: Responding to Loss
Session 32: Spirituality and Personality


Session 34:  Effects of Drug Use On Mental Health
Session 41:  Relapse Prevention
Session 42:  Relapse Prevention II


Recovery Life Skills
Session 1:  Orientation and Working on Goals
Session 2:  Recovery and Goal Identification
Session 3:  Preventing Relapse I:  Triggers for Substance Use
Session 4:  Preventing Relapse II:  Early Warning Signs of Mental Illness
Session 5:  Coping with Negative Feelings I
Session 6:  Coping with Negative Feelings II
Session 7:  Developing Leisure and Recreational Activities
Session 8:  Dealing with Social Situations Where Alcohol and Drugs Are Offered
Session 9:  Open Topic
Session 10:  Developing a Social Network
Session 11:  Relationship Skills
Session 12: Communication Skills
Session 13:  Peer Recovery Support Groups
Session 14:  Open Topic
Session 15:  Spirituality and Inner Peace
Session 16:  Developing a Positive Self-Image
Session 17:  Healthy Lifestyles
Session 18:  Review Personal Recovery Plan


8 Dimensions of Wellness (Wellness Initiative)
Intro
Week 1:  Welcome, Introduction, and Overview
Part One
Week 2:  Emotional
Week 3:  Financial
Week 4:  Social
Week 5:  Spiritual
Week 6:  Part One Recall
Part Two
Week 7:  Occupational
Week 8:  Physical
Week 9:  Intellectual
Week 10:  Environmental
Week 11:  Part Two Recall
Commitment and Impact Celebration
Week 12:  Graduation


Anger Management
For Substance Abuse and Mental Health Clients
Session 1:  Overview of Anger Management Treatment
Session 2:  Events and Cues
Session 3:  Anger Control Plans
Session 4:  The Aggression Cycle
Session 5:  Cognitive Restructuring
Session 6:  Review Session
Session 7:  Assertiveness and the Conflict Resolution Model
Session 8:  Part 2
Session 9:  Anger and the Family
Session 10:  Part 2
Session 11:  Review Session
Session 12:  Closing and Graduation


Connections:
Shame-Resilience Curriculum
Session 1:  Practicing Empathy
Session 2:  Overview of Curriculum and Defining Shame
Session 3:  Big Webs and Small Boxes
Session 4:  Defining Resilience-Practicing Empathy
Session 5:  Practicing Empathy
Session 6:  Recognizing Shame
Session 7:  Exploring Triggers and Vulnerabilities
Session 8:  Understanding our Shame Screens
Session 9:  Practicing Critical Awareness
Session 10:  Reaching Out
Session 11:  Speaking Shame
Session 12:  Authenticity and Shame Resilience


Job Readiness
Members receive education and skill-training on job searches, resume preparation, interviewing, presentation, follow-up, and interpersonal relationships with co-workers and supervisors

Life Management Skills
Discussion and activities focused on:  

• activities of daily living, anger management, assertion, communication, coping skills, grief/loss, humor, life balance, money management, parenting, safety issues, self-esteem/self-image, steps to recovery, stress management, support systems, time management
• anxiety, emotions, goals, leisure, productive activities, relapse prevention, relationships, responsibility, skill development, social skills, spirituality
• combating stigma, home management, job readiness, journaling, parenting, sexual health, suicidal issues, values
• Abuse, aging, making changes, medication management, positive attitude, self-expression

Computer Education
Class designed to prepare members in basic computer use and ability in typing documents, communicating with family and supportive friends and peer supports via email, creating resumes, using the internet for educational and healthy entertainment purposes, searching for educational needs, and areas of caution.


Money Smart
Members gather for class to learn basics of managing their own money, paying bills, balancing checkbooks, budgeting, and efficient spending options.


Arts and Crafts
Members gather for various arts and crafts, often based on occupational therapy assistant techniques and projects.


Miracle of Music
Members gather to share recovery through music by doing various therapeutic art projects centered around music, based on principles of occupational therapy.  Members share favorite songs, song lyrics, write songs, create personalized cd covers, etc. Discussion revolves around feeding the heart and mind with positive, healthy lyrics and visuals in entertainment, media, and music.

Exercise Group
(Healthy Heads and Hearts)
Members gather for instruction, stretching, warm-up, exercise, and cool-down.  Information is discussed regarding nutrition, diet, and overall health.

Focus Meeting

• Member introductions
• Each share a positive thought/something they appreciate
• Each set attainable goals for the day
• Encouragement of today’s group and activity schedule
• Gather volunteers for skill tasks and building ownership
• Make announcements as necessary

Daily Reflection/ Snack

• Member introductions
• Each share something positive they learned throughout the structured day
• Each share something positive they will do for their mental health that evening

I Am SafeHaven - Members gather to build ownership in assisting with decisions and tasks related to:  education/programming, social planning, marketing & outreach, inventory, daily operations, etc.


Inspiration - Members and staff share inspirational email forwards, videos, music, poetry, short stories, and verbal stories.  Group discusses positive impacts of each. Each class contains examples of each type of media.

Addressing chronic diseases, mental health, and physical health are fundamentally linked. People living with a mental or substance use disorder are at higher risk of experiencing chronic physical diseases. In addition, people living with chronic diseases experience mental health disorders at a greater rate than the general population. Coexisting mental and physical conditions can diminish quality of life and worsen health outcomes.
Staff and members work together in this series of classes for “whole person” care to prevent and manage health conditions, using a quick start guide, client facts sheets, action plans, and more.

• High blood pressure
• Obesity
• Tobacco use disorder
• Diabetes
• Chronic lung disease
• Sexually transmitted diseases
• Chronic pain
• Thyroid disease
• Digestive disorders
• Prevention

Living Skills:  Personal Growth and Practical Guidance. Personal Growth covers the internal skills needed to be a positive member of a community. Topics include:

• Making decisions
• Refusal skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Values and responsibilities
• Setting and attaining goals
• Parenting and child development

Practical Guidance provides information on the day-to-day external skills needed to live a healthy life. Topics include:

• Hygiene and self-care
• Sexual health
• Looking for work
• Education
• Managing money
• Securing housing

Hazelden Co-Occurring Disorders ProgramIntegrated Services for Substance Use and Mental Health Problems, including these components:

1. Medication Management
2. Integrating Combined Therapies
3. Family Program:  Education, Skills, and Therapy
4. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Many helpful topics for people with co-occurring disorders, including:

• Rationale for Medication
• Antidepressants
• Anti-anxiety agents
• Hypnotics
• Mood stabilizers
• Antipsychotics
• Goals
• Connecting problems with goals
• How to change:  Developing an action plan
• Relapse prevention
• Coping with urges and cravings
• Social pressures to use
• Managing negative emotions
• Recreational and leisure time
• Social support for recovery
• Working with families
• Engaging families in treatment
• The role of the family
• Effective communication
• Coping with Symptoms
• Getting the most out of medication
• Managing stress
• Coping with cravings
• Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), Motivational enhancement therapy (MET), and Twelve-Step Facilitation (TSF)
• Solving problems and achieving goals
• Crisis prevention plan
• Breathing retraining
• Generalization and beyond
• Much more

Illness Management and RecoveryClasses designed to help those with severe mental illnesses identify personal recovery goals and develop self-management skills through education and training, breaking down goals into small, achievable segments.

• Learn about your diagnosis and prescribed medications
• Identify recovery goals
• Learn to recognize triggers for substance use
• Learn early warning signs of mental illness
• Practice coping strategies and important coping skills

1: Recovery Strategies

1. Defining Recovery and Learning What Helps People in the Recovery Process
2. Exploring Areas of Life That You Would Like to Improve
3. Identifying a Personal Recovery Goal
4. Breaking Down Your Goal and Taking the First Step toward Achieving It
5. Following Up on Your Goal and Solving Problems

2: Practical Facts about Mental Illnesses (Single Diagnoses)

1. Understanding the Disorder and Its Diagnosis
2. Learning What Happens after People Develop Symptoms
3. Taking Positive Steps to Manage the Disorder
4. Dealing with Negative Attitudes and Beliefs and Mental Illnesses (Stigma)

2: Practical Facts about Mental Illnesses (Multiple Diagnoses)

1. Understanding the Diagnosis, Cause, and Course of Mental Illnesses
2. Practical Facts about Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder
3. Practical Facts about Mood Disorders (Bipolar Disorder and Depression)
4. Taking Positive Steps to Manage Mental Illnesses
5. Dealing with Negative Attitudes and Beliefs about Mental Illnesses (Stigma)

3: The Stress-Vulnerability Model

1. Understanding the Causes of Mental Illnesses
2. Learning What Improves Symptoms and Reduces Relapses
3. Understanding Treatment options
4. Reducing Relapses

4: Building Social Support

1. Recognizing the Importance of Social Support
2. Connecting with People
3. Having Enjoyable Conversations
4. Sharing Personal Information
5. Understanding Other People
6. Developing Closer Relationships

5: Using Medication Effectively

1. Learning about the Role of Medication in Managing Symptoms
2. Identifying and Dealing with Side Effects
3. Making and Informed Decision about Medication
4. Getting the Best Results from Your Medication

6: Drug and Alcohol Use

1. Identifying Common Reasons People Use Alcohol and Drugs
2. Recognizing the Problems That Alcohol and Drugs Can Cause
3. Weighing the Pros and Cons of Sobriety
4. Identifying Personal Reasons for Sobriety, Getting Social Support, and Planning for High Risk Situations
5. Finding New Ways of Getting Your Needs met
6. Making a Personal Sobriety Plan

7: Reducing Relapses

1. Identifying Triggers of Relapse
2. Recognizing and Monitoring Early Warning Signs of Relapse
3. Developing a Relapse Prevention Plan
4. Putting Your Relapse Prevention Plan into Practice

8: Coping with Stress

1. Learning What Causes Stress
2. Identifying the Signs of Stress
3. Preventing and Coping with Stress
4. Using Relaxation Techniques
5. Making a Plan for Preventing and Coping with Stress

9: Coping with Persistent Symptoms

1. Identifying Persistent Symptoms
2. Coping with Depression
3. Coping with Anxiety
4. Coping with Hallucinations and Coping with Delusions (False Beliefs)
5. Coping with Sleep Problems and Coping with Low Stamina and Low Energy
6. Coping with Anger Problems and Coping with Concentration Problems
7. Making a Plan for Continuing to Use Coping Strategies

10. Getting your Needs Met in the Mental Health System
         1. An Overview of Community mental Health Services
         2. Financial and Health Insurance Benefits
         3. Advocating for Yourself in the Mental Health System
11: Healthy lifestyles (Optional Module)

1. Diet, Part I
2. Diet, Part II
3. Exercise
4. Personal Hygiene
5. Sleep

Whole Health Action Management (WHAM)

• Identify strengths and supports in 10 science-based whole health and resiliency factors
• Write a concise whole health goal based on person-centered planning
• Create and log a weekly action plan
• Participate in peer support to create new health behaviors
• Elicit the Relaxation Response
• Engage in cognitive skills to avoid negative thinking
• Prepare for basic whole health screenings
• Use shared-decision making skills and tools for better engagement with doctors

Sessions:

1. Welcome and introduction
2. The science of stress
3. Improve your health
4. The power of human connections
5. Maintaining a positive attitude
6. Connecting with more than self
7. Health screening
8. Keys to Success 1
9. Keys to Success 2 & 3
10. Keys to Success 4 & 5

NTTP Team Solutions

1. Managing Crisis and Emergency Situations            
2. Healthy Living Through Nutrition and Fitness
3. Solutions for Wellness:  Nutrition, Fitness, & Exercise
4. Preventing Relapse
5. Recovering from Mental Illness
6. Solutions for Wellness Update
7. Schizophrenia:  Understanding Your Symptoms
8. Schizophrenia:  Understanding Your Illness
9. Understanding Your Treatment:  How Meds Can Help
10. You and Your Treatment Team
11. Solutions for Wellness 2:  Nutrition, Fitness, & Exercise    
12. Choosing a Healthy Lifestyle:  Wellness of Mind & Body
13. Schizophrenia:  Coping with Symptoms & Side Effects
14. Getting the Best Results from Your Medicine
15. Avoiding Crisis Situations

Connections and Care

• Coping skills and stress management
• Symptom management and relapse awareness
• About substance abuse
• Building social skills
• Understanding schizophrenia
• Managing schizophrenia

Midwest Care Attacking Anxiety and DepressionThe message of anxiety and depression may be that you're weak, unworthy, and incapable. The Attacking Anxiety and Depression program, through educational tools and techniques, exercises for personal introspection, valuable self-evaluations, and goal-setting exercises, will open your eyes to your true potential, helping you to grow into the strong, confident, and resilient person you have the potential to become.

1. Symptoms, Causes and Fears
2. Six Steps that will Put a Stop to Anxiety Attacks
3. Self-Talk, Key to Healthy Esteem
4. Expectations, Expect Less and Get More
5. Eat-Diet to Rid Yourself of Anxiety and Depression
6. Stop Being Angry and Control Your Mood Swings
7. Assertive Behavior, Speak Confidently and Gain Respect
8. Put An End to What If Thinking
9. Get Off the Guilt and Worry Treadmill
10. How To Stop Obsessive, Scary Thoughts
11. Anxiety and Depression, the Truth About Medication and Alcohol
12. The Courage to Change
13. Time Management 12 Steps Toward a Balanced Life
14. How To Keep Stress From Becoming Anxiety
15. Getting Beyond a Growth Spurt

Life Skill Series – Beyond Anger:  Connecting with Self and OthersThis four-week curriculum helps clients address anger, reconciliation, and emotion management and provides guidelines for daily living. Role plays and testimonials help clients explore spouse and family issues, forgiveness, and letting go of the past. The program stresses how to take action, deal with feelings, and make positive progress.

• Identify sources of resentment and anger and develop strategies to move beyond them to forgiveness.
• Reconcile and re-establish relationships or learn to move on when reconciliation is not possible.
  1. Anger
  2. Healing Repressed Anger
  3. Forgiveness
  4. Reconciliation

Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT):  Self-EsteemShame. Anger. Depression. Anxiety. Perfectionism.
These unhealthy feelings are often the result of unhealthy thought patterns and ultimately lead to self-defeating behaviors.

REBT helps clients learn and practice new ways of thinking,
feeling, and acting. Here's how it works:
THE ABC's of REBT
1.  Describe the situation that is upsetting you. Include only facts.
2.  Describe your opinion, judgment, and interpretation of the event.
What are you thinking when you are upset?
3.  Describe your fallings. Pinpointing your feelings and exploring
them increase your self-awareness.
4.  Dispute your thinking. Develop positive thoughts. Substitute
each thought in B with a more helpful thought. Turn "I should"
into "I prefer." Turn "it's awful" into "it's inconvenient."
5.  Set reasonable, reachable goals. Take action.


Relationships RockPeople who experience and express their love live longer, healthier lives.  This expression of love can be with friends, family, or a significant other.  This group will discuss what constitutes a healthy relationship and how to create and maintain enduring friendships and love.  

1. Feeling good about being with another person
2. The qualities of good friends
3. Characteristics you want your friends to have
4. Being a good friend
5. What prevents relationships from deepening?
6. Behaving in ways that turn others away from you
7. Doing the opposite
8. Reaching out:  courage, fear of rejection, searching for ideas
9. Relationships – emotional resilience
10. Reviewing beliefs
11. Relationship boundaries, communication, commitment, and quality
12. Friends and acquaintances
13. Allowing your partner space to be themselves
14. Accept differences; embrace what you have in common
15. Communication games

Self MattersThis class will help you commit to finding and reconnecting with yourself and taking care of yourself.

1. Self-esteem:  Feel good about yourself
2. The thoughts of self-esteem
3. Assessing where your self-esteem is lately
4. Hang out with positive people
5. Statements that apply to you
6. Accept yourself
7. Change what you can change; let go of the rest
8. Hygiene

The CBT Toolbox Workbook

1. CBT 101
2. Self-Esteem
3. Stress Management
4. Toxic Relationships
5. Communication Skills
6. Codependency
7. Problem Solving
8. Depression
9. Anxiety
10. Anger
11. Other Impulsive/Destructive Behaviors
12. Conclusion

Owning Up CurriculumFemales

1. Rules of Anger in Girl World
2. Introducing SEAL: An IM Affair
3. SEAL Steps
4. Girl Word Roles & Pros and Cons
5. A Good Friend
6. Looking at My Own Relationships
7. You Oughta Know…About Eating Disorders in Females
8. Fruit Cup Girl/The Player
9. What Does Cyber Bullying Look Like
10. Technology in Girl World and Boy World
11. Letter from Kirsten
12. Facts About Sexual Harassment in Schools Students
13. Harassment of Gay and Lesbian Students
14. You Oughta Know…About Sexual Harassment
15. What is Sexual Assault
16. Date Rape and Date-Rape Drugs
17. You Have the Right: Guidelines for Sexual Intimacy
18. Signs of Abuse: When You Know You Need to Get Out
19. Cycle of Violence
20. Recognizing Victim and Abuser Behavior
21. Facts: About Dating Abuse
22. Guidelines for Talking to Victims and Abusers
23. Getting Out of An Abusive Relationship
24. You Oughta Know…About Stalking
25. What Are Protection Orders?
26. Web of Support
27. Advice Situations
28. Positive Girl World

Males

1. Rules of Anger in Boy World
2. Introducing SEAL: He Just Doesn’t Get It
3. Introducing SEAL: The Liability
4. SEAL Steps
5. Boy World Roles & Pros and Cons
6. A Good Friend
7. Looking at My Own Friendships
8. You Oughta Know…About Eating Disorders in Males
9. Fruit cup Girl/The Player
10. Boys-2-Men: An Interview
11. What Does Cyberbullying Look Like
12. Technology in Boy World and Girl World
13. Letter from Kristen
14. Facts About Sexual Harassment in Schools
15. Harassment of Gay and Lesbian Students
16. You Oughta Know…About Sexual Harassment
17. What About Boundaries?
18. What is Sexual Assault
19. Date Rape and Date-Rape Drugs
20. You Have the Right: Guidelines for Sexual Intimacy
21. Signs of Abuse: When You Know You Need To Get Out
22. Cycle of Violence
23. Recognizing Victim and Abuser Behavior
24. Guidelines for Talking to Victims and Abusers
25. Getting Out of an Abusive Relationship
26. You Oughta Know…About Stalking
27. What Are Protection Orders?
28. Web of Support
29. Advice Situations
30. Positive Boy World

201 Life Skills:  The Useful Book

1. Cooking
2. Sewing
3. Laundry & Clothing
4. Domestic Arts
5. Life Skills
6. Domestic Repair
7. Woodworking & Metalworking
8. Plumbing
9. Electrical
10. Mechanical

Emotionally Intelligent Anger Management

1. Deconstructing Anger
2. Coping with Anger
3. Identifying Warning
4. Mindfulness Training
5. Understanding Cognitive Distortions
6. Cognitive Distortion Practice
7. Assertiveness Training
8. Effective Communication Skills Training
9. Building Emotional Intelligence
10. Family History Exercise
11. Empathy, Accountability, and Healthy Boundaries
12. Contentment, Core Values, and Goals
13. Mindful Breathing and Relaxation

The Mindfulness Workbook for Anxiety

1. Let’s Talk About Anxiety
2. How to Use This Book
3. Present Moment Awareness
4. Worry and Rumination
5. Observing Your Thoughts
6. Social Anxiety
7. Working with Difficult Emotions
8. Phobias and Avoidance
9. Body Awareness
10. Panic Attacks
11. The Road Ahead

Mindfulness Skills Workbook1.    Tools for Explaining Mindfulness
2.    Tools to Increase Client Use of Mindfulness at Home
3.    Tools for Teaching Mindfulness Basics
4.    Mindfulness of Breath
5.    Present Moment Awareness
6.    Mindfulness of Thoughts
7.    Mindfulness of Emotions
8.    Mindfulness of Physical Body
9.    Mindfulness of Relationships
10.    Mindfulness of Tasks
11.    Mindfulness of Words
12.    Mindfulness of Intention
13.    Mindfulness of Intuition
14.    Mindfulness of Motion
15.    Using Sound
16.    Mood Disorders
17.    ADHD
18.    Medical Illness, Pain, and Sleep Disorders
19.    Stress, Anger
20.    Chronic Mental Illness
21.    Tracking Progress

The STOP Program1.    Foundations
2.    Orientation Session
3.    New Member Sessions
4.    Exit/Relapse Prevention Sessions
5.    The Relationship Abuse/Substance Abuse Level II Supplement
6.    Standard Forms

The STOP Program for WomenSame as above

The Domestic Violence Workbook

1. Symptoms of Abuse
2. Types of Abuse
3. Partner Behavior
4. Elder Abuse
5. Self-Empowerment

Emotionally Intelligent Batterer Intervention

1. Mindfulness Training
2. Deconstructing Abuse
3. Cycle of Abuse
4. Identifying Warning Signs
5. Coping with Anger
6. Creating Safety Plans
7. Understanding Cognitive Distortions
8. Cognitive Distortion Practice
9. Deconstructing Cultural, Familial, and Societal Beliefs
10. Familial History Exercise
11. Trauma Recovery
12. Substance Abuse and Shame
13. Understanding Emotional intelligence
14. Building Emotional Intelligence
15. Mindful Breathing and Relaxation
16. Gaining Self-Esteem through Accountability
17. Accountability Statements
18. Effects on Children
19. Effective Parenting Skills Training
20. Assertiveness Training
21. Effective Communication Skills Training
22. Conflict Resolution Role Plays
23. Defining Healthy Relationships
24. Divorce Predictors
25. Empathy and Acceptance
26. Empathy Essay
27. Contentment
28. Core Values and Goals

Conflict Management Skills Workbook

1. Beliefs About Conflict Scale
2. Conflict Management Styles Scale
3. Listening for Meaning Scale
4. Hot Buttons Scale
5. Negotiation Style Scale

101 Trauma-Informed Interventions

1. Adult Attachment Patterns
2. Family Values
3. Family Sociograms Group
4. Dialogue with Your Child
5. Developing a Nurturing Voice
6. Multisensory Guided Imagery
7. Containment Imagery Scripts
8. Comfortable Place Script
9. Repairenting: Imagery for Disputed Attachment
10. Imagery for Care and Nurture Script
11. Imagery for Addiction: Longing/Cravings
12. Boundaries
13. Recognizing, Maintaining and Respecting Boundaries
14. Projection Exercise
15. Transference Exercise
16. Gestalt Interventions
17. Psychodrama
18. The Body
19. Yoga
20. Do-In Exercises
21. Qigong Exercises
22. The Emotional Freedom Technique “Basic Recipe”
23. Meridian Tapping Points
24. Jung’s Self Shadow
25. Emotions
26. Stages of Forgiveness

Home-Ec 101:  Skills for Everyday Living

1. Clean It
2. Wash It
3. Fix It
4. Cook It

103 Group Activities and T.I.P.S.

1. Flexible Thinking
2. Group Beginnings
3. Group Discovery
4. Communication 101
5. Difficult People Made Easy!
6. Destress for Success!
7. Changing Times
8. Self-Discovery
9. Inspirational Activities
10. Imagery and Mindfulness
11. Group Closings

150 More Group Therapy Activities and T.I.P.S.

1. Group Beginnings
2. Metaphorical and Multi-Modality Learning Activities
3. Communication Skills
4. Changing Thoughts to Change Lives
5. Improve Coping Skills with Mindfulness and Stress Resiliency
6. Improving Self-Esteem And Personal Development
7. Group Endings

CBT Work Sheets

1. Information Gathering
2. Problem List
3. Therapy Preparation Sheet
4. Thoughts, Feeling/Physiology and Behaviour Diaries
5. Intrusive Thoughts Diary
6. Mood Diaries and Activity Schedules
7. Anger Diaries
8. Longitudinal CBT Formulations
9. CBT Maintenance Formulations
10. The Generic CBT Model
11. Thoughts, Feelings and Behaviour Cycle
12. A model of Social Anxiety
13. The vicious Flower Model
14. The OCD Model of Anxiety
15. A model for Panic
16. Manning & Ridgeway’s Self-Phobic Model
17. Interventions and Exercises
18. The Downward Arrow Exercise
19. NAT Challenging Form
20. Belief and Rule Challenging Exercises
21. The Future Most Developed Self Exercise
22. Behavioural Experiments
23. Responsibility Pies
24. Safe Place
25. Behaviour Change Diary
26. Positive CBT Cycles
27. Behaviour Goals Sheets
28. Systematic Desensitisation Sheets
29. Exposure Sheet
30. Other Useful Handouts
31. Thinking Biases or Cognitive Distortions
32. Brain Organization (Child/Teenager Version)
33. Brain Organization (Adult Version)
34. Emotions Exercise
35. Rumination and Worry (Explanation Using Dialogue)
36. Examples of Safety Behaviour in Depression
37. Examples of Safety Behaviour in Social Anxiety
38. Examples of Safety Behaviour in Panic Attacks
39. Examples of Safety Behaviour in Health Anxiety
40. Examples of Safety Behaviour in OCD
41. Examples of Safety Behaviour in Phobic Anxiety and Post-Trauma
42. Potential Behavioural Experiments for Social Anxiety
43. Potential Behavioural Experiments for Anxiety and Panic
44. Potential Behavioural Experiments for Health Anxiety
45. Potential Behavioural Experiments for OCD
46. Potential Behavioural Experiments for Phobic Anxiety
47. Regulatory Organizations in the UK

The Addiction Recovery Skills Workbook

1. How Addiction Happens
2. Addiction is a Brain Disease
3. Strengthen Your Motivation and Commit to Change
4. Set Yourself Up to Succeed
5. Become a  “Self Expert”
6. Respond to Cognitive Distortions
7. Become Mindful
8. Rediscover Rewards
9. Conquer Challenging Emotions
10. Your Personalized Recovery Plan

DBT Skills Training Handouts and Worksheets

1. General Skills: Orientation and Analyzing Behavior
2. Mindfulness Skills
3. Interpersonal Effectiveness Skills
4. Emotion Regulation Skills
5. Distress Tolerance Skills

Emotionally Healthy Relationships

1. Take Your Community Temperature reading
2. Stop Mind Reading and Clarify Expectations
3. Genogram Your Family
4. Explore the Iceberg.
5. Listen Incarnationally
6. Climb the Ladder of Integrity
7. Fight Cleanly
8. Develop a “Rule of Life” to Implement Emotionally Healthy Skills

Music Therapy Sourcebook

1. Music and Relaxation
2. Music and Singing
3. Music and Games
4. Music and Exercise
5. Music and Dance
6. Music Appreciation
7. Working with Instruments
8. Music and Creativity
9. Music and Art
10. Music and Bibliotherapy
11. Music and Drama
12. Orff and Kodaly
13. Eurhythmics
14. Guided Imagery
15. Music Therapy in the Community
16. Music Therapy and Transactional Analysis
17. Developmental Music Therapy
18. Music Therapy and Music Education
19. Musical Productions
20. Psychiatric Musicology

The Courage to Heal Workbook

1. Creating Safety
2. Building Your Support System
3. Dealing With Crisis
4. Nurturing Yourself
5. Marking The Way
6. Where Did I Come From?
7. The Effects:  How Did It Change My Life?
8. Coping:  How Did I Survive?
9. The Decision To Heal
10. Remembering
11. Believing It Happened
12. Breaking Silence
13. Understanding That It Wasn’t Your Fault
14. Learning to Trust Yourself
15. Grieving and Morning
16. Anger
17. Confrontations
18. Dealing With Your Family Now
19. Resolution and Moving On
20. Appendix:  Guidelines for Healing Sexually
21. Resources

Life After Trauma:  A Workbook for Healing

1. After Trauma:  Why You Feel Thrown For A Loop
2. Ways of Coping After the Trauma
3. Thinking Things Through
4. Feeling Safe; Being Safe
5. What Does It Mean to Trust?
6. Regaining Control of Your Life
7. Valuing Yourself and Others
8. Feeling Close to Others
9. Healing For The Long Term
10. Taking Care of Yourself in Healthcare Settings
11. Recommended Resources
12. About Psychotherapy

The Communication Skills Workbook

1. Active Listening
2. Nonverbal Communication
3. Communication Skills
4. Social Radar
5. Negotiation Process-Style

A Program for youA simplified look at the twelve-step program. Written in down to earth language. (audio book)

1. How It All Started
2. Using The Big Book Correctly
3. Understanding The Problem
4. The Twofold Disease of Alcoholism
5. The Nature of Obsession
6. Learning from Bill W.’s Story
7. The Fellowship and Spiritual Experience
8. Sanity and Spirituality
9. Faith Versus Belief
10. Self-Well
11. All or Nothing
12. Taking Personal Inventory
13. More About Resentment
14. Outgrowing Fear
15. The Problem of Sex
16. Into Recovery
17. Making Amends
18. The Spiritual Dimension
19. Prayer and Meditation
20. A Vision of Awakening

Narcotics AnonymousAudio book

1. Who is an Addict
2. What is the Narcotics Anonymous Program
3. Why Are We Here
4. How it Works
5. What Can I Do
6. The Twelve Traditions of Narcotics Anonymous
7. Recovery and Relapse
8. We Do Recover
9. Just for Today-Living the Program
10. More Will Be Revealed
11. Members Share Stories

Art Activities for Groups48 interesting and innovative art activities for populations with different cognitive levels and physical abilities.

1. Collages
2. Painting
3. Drawing
4. Miscellaneous
5. Presentation and Purchasing

Creative Relaxation in GroupworkMore than 100 completely practical and useful; activity ideas. Deals with the benefits of relaxation, covers both theoretical and practical relaxation methods, provides constructive guidelines for good practice and incorporates actual workshop themes.

1. Benefits of Relaxation
2. Methods of Achieving Relaxation
3. Guidelines for Good Practice
4. Practical Workshop Ideas

Group Activities with Older AdultsThe Ten Areas of Need Approach

1. Physical Activities
2. Cognitive Activities
3. Creative Activities
4. Social Activities
5. Sensory Activities
6. Esteem Activities
7. Spiritual Activities
8. Cultural Activities
9. Activities to Meet Emotional Needs
10. Educational and Employment Activities

Creative Therapy 52 Exercises For GroupsThis unique series presents 52 innovative, field-tested, and ready-to-use exercises for mental health professionals who work with any type of group in any type of setting. The exercises are designed to help group members develop interactive skills, motivate individuals with poorer verbal skills to contribute to group discussions, and encourage group cohesiveness. The variety in these exercises makes them relevant for every stage of group development.

100 Interactive Activities for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Recovery

1. Anger Management
2. Assertion
3. Cognitive Changes
4. Coping
5. Inspiration
6. Mental Health & Sobriety
7. Problem Solving
8. Recovery
9. Relationships
10. Self-Development
11. Self-Esteem
12. Self-Help
13. Self-Reflection
14. Stress Management

Mental Health & High School: Curriculum Guide

1. The Stigma of Mental Illness
2. Understanding Mental Health and Mental Illness
3. Information on Specific Mental Illness
4. Experiences of Mental Illness
5. Seeking Help and Finding Support
6. The Importance of Positive Mental Health

Life Management Skills I

1. Assertion
2. Discharge Planning
3. Emotion Identification
4. Exercise
5. Goal Setting
6. Leisure
7. Motivation
8. Nutrition
9. Problem Solving
10. Risk Taking
11. Role Satisfaction
12. Self-Awareness
13. Self-Esteem
14. Sleep
15. Stress Management
16. Support Systems
17. Time Management
18. Values Clarification

Life Management Skills II

1. Activities Of Daily Living
2. Assertion
3. Communication: Verbal
4. Communication: Nonverbal
5. Coping Skills
6. Grief/Loss
7. Humor
8. Life Balance
9. Money Management
10. Parenting
11. Reminiscence
12. Safety Issues
13. Self-Esteem/Self-Image
14. Steps to Recovery
15. Stress Management
16. Support Systems
17. Time Management

Life Management Skills V

1. Abuse
2. Aging
3. Coping Skills
4. Grief
5. Interpersonal Skills
6. Leisure
7. Making Changes
8. Medication Management
9. Parenting
10. Positive Attitude
11. Recovery
12. Relationships
13. Self-Esteem
14. Self-Expression
15. Supports
16. Supplemental Section

Life Management Skills VI

1. Anxiety/Fear
2. Expressive Therapy
3. Goal Setting
4. Healthy Living
5. Independent Living Skills
6. Interpersonal Skills
7. Leisure
8. Personal Responsibility
9. Positive Outlook
10. Recovery
11. Relationships
12. Self-Esteem
13. Spirituality
14. Stress Management
15. Therapeutic Treatment
16. Supplemental Section

Job Hunting for Dummies

1. Getting a Handle on the Process
2. Setting Your Targets
3. The Writes (And Wrongs) of Resume Writing
4. Drumming Up Job Leads
5. Answering the Call: Keys to Successful Interviewing
6. The Part of Tens

Anxiety & Depression Workbook for Dummies

1. Analyzing Angst and Preparing a Plan
2. Thinking About Thinking: Thought Therapy
3. Actions Against Angst: Behavior Therapy
4. Phocus on Physical Pheelings
5. Relationship Therapy
6. Looking Beyond Anxiety and Depression
7. The Part of Tens

Spirituality for Dummies

1. Getting Acquainted with Spirituality
2. Spiritual Practice Makes Perfect
3. Living a Spiritual Life
4. This Conscious Universe: How You Connect
5. The Part of Tens

Depression for Dummies

1. Discovering Depression and Preparing a Plan
2. Untwisting Your Thinking: Thought Therapy
3. Taking Action Against Depression: Behavior Therapy
4. Rebuilding Connections: Relationship Therapy
5. Fighting the Physical Foe: Biological Therapies
6. Looking Beyond Depression
7. The Part of Tens

Overcoming Anxiety for Dummies

1. Detecting and Exposing Anxiety
2. Battling Anxiety
3. Letting Go of the Battle
4. Zeroing in on Specific Worries
5. Helping Others with Anxiety
6. The Part of Tens

Happiness for Dummies

1. Defining Happiness
2. Personality Attributes That Lead to happiness
3. Behaving Your Way toward Happiness
4. Striking the Right Balance
5. Achieving Happiness in Key Relationships
6. The Part of Tens

Stress Management for DummiesEach part covers a range of ideas and approaches that, when put together, give you a comprehensive understanding of what stress is and what you can do to manage, reduce and even at times eliminate much of the stress in your life.

1. Getting Started with Stress Management
2. Mastering the Basics
3. The Secrets of Stress-Effective Thinking
4. Managing Your Stress in Real Life
5. The Part of Tens

Emotionally Healthy Spirituality

1. The Problem of Emotionally Unhealthy Spirituality
2. Know Yourself That You May Know God
3. Going Back in Order to Go Forward
4. Journey through the Wall
5. Enlarge Your Soul through Grief and Loss
6. Discover the Rhythms of the Daily Office and Sabbath
7. Grow into an Emotionally Mature Adult
8. Go the Next Step to Develop a “Rule of Life”

The Essential Work Skills WorkbookSection I: Leadership Style Scale
                Leadership Style Scale Directions
                Leadership Style Scale
                Leadership Style Scale Scoring Directions
                Leadership Style Scale Profile Interpretations
           Exercises
                Leadership Role Models
                Leadership Attributes
                The Leader in You
           Journaling Activities
                 Future Leaderships
           Educational Handouts
                  Situational Leadership
                  Leadership Quotes
Section II: Work Stress Scale
                 Work Stress Scale Directions
                 Work Stress Scale
                 Work Stress Scale Scoring Directions
                 Work Stress Scale Profile Interpretation
                 Work Stress Scale I-Role Overload
                 Work Stress Scale II- Role Ambiguity
                 Work Stress Scale III- Role Incompatibility
                 Work Stress Scale IV- Role Conflict
            Exercises
                 Stress Management in the Workplace
            Journaling Activities
                 Work Stress 101
                 Stress Management
            Educational Handouts
                 Warning Signs of Work Stress
                 Work Stress Statistics
Section III: Cultural Competency Scale
                  Cultural Competency Scale Directions
                  Cultural Competency Scale
                  Cultural Competency Scale Scoring Directions
                  Cultural Competency Scale Profile Interpretation
                  Cultural Competency Scale Profile Descriptions
            Exercises
                  Valuing Diversity
                  Interact with Diverse Individuals
                  Understand Your Own Cultural Diversity
                  Avoid Stereotyping
                  My Stereotypes
                  Respecting Differences
                  Multicultural Collaboration
                  Cross Cultural Collaboration
            Journaling Activities
                  What I Learned About Myself
                  Cultural Competencies
                  My Cultural Experiences
            Educational Handouts
                  How Cultures Differ
Section IV: Organizational  Style Scale
                  Organizational Style Scale Directions
                  Organizational Style Scale
                  Organizational Style Scale Scoring Directions
                  Organizational Style Scale Profile Interpretation
             Exercises
                  Imaginative Personality Style
                  Rational Organizational Style
                  Sensitive Organizational Style
                  Structured Organizational Style   
                  Daily To-Do Lists
                  Prioritizing a Weekly To-Do List
                  Priority List
                  Next Week’s List
             Journaling Activities
                  Organizational Style
                  I Wish
             Educational Handouts
                  Organizing Tools
                  Interesting Organizational Statistics
Section V: Work-Leisure Balance Scale
                 Work-Leisure Balance Scale Directions
                 Work-Leisure Balance Scale
                 Work-Leisure Balance Scale Scoring Directions
                 Work-Leisure Balance Scale profile Interpretation
                 Work-Leisure Balance Scale Descriptions
                 Profile Interpretations for Summary Work-Leisure Balance Scale
           Exercises
                 Work-Leisure Balance Scale Summary Profile Descriptions
                 Leisure Orientation
                 Leisure-Work Orientation
                 Balanced Orientation
                 Work-Leisure Orientation
                 Workaholic Orientation
                 Balancing Work and Leisure
           Journaling Activities
                 Workaholism or Not
                 My Work
           Educational Handouts
                 Finding Your Balance Between Work and Leisure
                 Why Leisure Matters
  
                 

The Self-Esteem WorkbookPart I: understanding Self-Esteem

1. Why Self-Esteem?
2. Getting Ready-The Physical preparations
3. Self-Esteem and how It Develops

Part II: The Skills of Self-Esteem
 Factor I: The Reality of Unconditional Human Worth

1. The Basics of Human Worth
2. Recognize and Replace Self-Defeating Thoughts
3. Acknowledge Reality-“Nevertheless!”
4. Regard your Core Worth
5. Create the Habit of Core-Affirming Thoughts
6. An Overview of Unconditional human Worth

 Factor II: Experiencing Unconditional Love

1. The Basics of Unconditional Love
2. Find, Love, and Heal the Core Self
3. The language of Love
4. The Appreciative Opinion of Others
5. Acknowledge and Accept Positive Qualities
6. Cultivate Body Appreciation
7. Reinforce and Strengthen Body Appreciation
8. Assert Self-Love and Appreciation
9. Eyes of Love Meditation
10. Liking the Face in the Mirror
11. See Yourself Through Loving Eyes
12. Experience Love at the Heart Level
13. Self-Compassion and mindful Awareness
14. Meet pain with Self-Compassion
15. Experience Self-Compassion at the Body Level
16. Compassionate Journaling
17. An Overview of Unconditional Love

 

The Complex PTSD Workbook

1. Understanding Trauma
2. Treating Complex PTSD
3. Healing Avoidance Symptoms
4. Healing Invasive Symptoms
5. Healing Depressive Symptoms
6. Supporting Long-Term Growth

21 ways to Defuse Anger & Calm People Down
Learn peacekeeping skills you’ll use to prevent blowups… mediate disputes… and foster teamwork. As the crisis is brewing, at the height of the crisis, and after the crisis.
PART 1

1. Intro & program objectives
2. Discussion questions
3. 5 stages of anger
4. 10 myths about anger
5. Set the tone
6. Analyze responses

PART 2

1. Prevent anger
2. Verbal Abuse
3. Elements of empathy
4. The art of listening
5. Practice- ask questions
6. Keeping quiet
7. Signs of anger
8. Admit mistakes
9. Vignette #1

PART 3

1. Play referee
2. Map an escape route
3. Vignette #2
4. Warning signs
5. Find safer ground
6. Cool off hotheads

PART 4
1.Deal with threats
2.4 steps of bluff
3.Vignette #4
4. Restore order
5.Vignette #4
6. Ground harmful grudges
7. Set expectations
8. Back at Baseline
9. Reduce conflict conditions
10. Vignette #5
11. Maintain Daily peace
12. Review behavior
13. Get along as a group
14.The 5 Ps
15. Be a model citizen


The Anger and Aggression Workbook
​This class  helps individuals learn how anger and aggression are impacting their lives, and how to make constructive changes, gain insight and learn anger management strategies.

1. Anger History
2. Anger Intensity\
3. Anger Triggers
4. Anger Expression Style
5. Anger Consequences




The Building Resiliency Workbook
People have an innate ability to demonstrate resiliency when they have resiliency skills built into their lives. Resilient people are able to adapt successfully under adverse circumstances such as: poverty, mental illness, disasters, terrorism, physical or psychological trauma, divorce, job loss, prison, loss of a loved one, parent’s divorce, prolonged stress, abuse, or a lack of safety.

• high levels of happiness
• high level of self-esteem
• high sense of energy and vitality
• high level of optimism
• high level of self-reported health
• high sense of meaning and direction
• low level of depression

1. Optimistic Outlook Scale
2. Locus of Control Scale
3. Sense of Self Scale
4. Ability to Bounce Back Scale
5. Change Management Scale

The Wellness Lifestyle Workbook
This class will help you fully integrate physical, mental, emotional, social and spiritual well-being into an effective lifestyle. Participants in the class will:

• Become aware of the primary motivators that guide their behavior
• Explore and learn to identify potentially harmful situations
• Explore the effects of messages received in high school
• Gain insight that will guide behavioral change
• Focus thinking on behavioral goals for change
• Uncover resources they possess that can help to cope with problems and difficulties
• Explore personal characteristics without judgement
• Develop full awareness of personal strengths and weaknesses

See calendar page for schedule

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