Educational Classes and Support Groups

SafeHaven Support Groups an Educational Classes
​Description List


Table of Contents

1. Wellness Recovery Action Plan
2. WRAP Support Group
3. Daily Wrap
4. BRIDGES
5. Peer Support
6. Living In Balance:  Core Curriculum
7. Living In Balance:  Program-Building Sessions
8. Recovery Life Skills
9. Eight Dimensions of Wellness (WIN)
10. Anger Management for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Clients
11. Connections:  Shame-Resistance 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 (HHH)
19. Focus Meeting
20. Daily Reflections
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 (IMR)
27. Whole Health Action Management (WHAM)
28. NTTP Team Solutions
29. Midwest Care:  Attacking Anxiety and Depression
30. Life Skills Series:  Beyond Anger – Connecting with Self and Others
31. Rational Emotion Behavioral Therapy (REBT)/Self-Esteem
32. Relationships Rock
33. Self Matters
34. The CBT Toolbox Workbook
35. Owning Up Curriculum
36. 201 Life Skills:  The Useful Book
37. Emotionally Intelligent Anger Management
38. The Mindfulness Workbook for Anxiety
39. Mindfulness Skills Workbook
40. The STOP Program
41. The STOP Program for Women
42. Domestic Violence Workbook
43. Emotionally Intelligent Batterer Intervention
44. Conflict Management Skills Workbook
45. 101 Trauma Informed Interventions
46. Home Ec 101:  Skills for Everyday Living
47. 103 Group Activities and TIPS
48. 150 More Group Therapy Activities and TIPS
49. CBT Worksheets
50. The Addiction Recovery Skills Workbook
51. DBT Skills Training Handouts and Worksheets
52. Emotionally Healthy Relationships
53. Music Therapy Source Book
54. The Courage to Heal Workbook
55. Life After Trauma:  A Workbook for Healing
56. The Communication Skills Workbook
57. A Program for You
58. Narcotics Anonymous
59. Art Activities for Groups
60. Creative Relaxation and Groupwork
61. Group Activities with Older Adults
62. Creative Therapy:  52 Exercises for Groups
63. 100 Interactive Activities for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Recovery
64. Mental Health and High School Curriculum Guide
65. Life Management Skills 1
66. Life Management Skills 2
67. Life Management Skills 5
68. Life Management Skills 6
69. Job Hunting for Dummies
70. Anxiety and Depression Workbook for Dummies
71. Spirituality for Dummies
72. Depression for Dummies
73. Overcoming Anxiety for Dummies
74. Happiness for Dummies
75. Stress Management for Dummies
76. Emotionally Health Spirituality
77. The Work Skills Workbook
78. The Self Esteem Workbook
79. The Complex PTSD Workbook
80. 21 Ways to Defuse Anger and Calm People Down
81. The Anger and Aggression Workbook
82. The Building Resiliency Workbook
83. The Wellness Lifestyle Workbook
84. Change Your Brain, Change Your Life (Book And Cards)
85. The Substance Abuse and Recovery Workbook
86. ReThink:  Mindful Conversational Starters
87. Melt Worry and Relax Cards
88. CBT for Anxiety:  A Step by Step Training Manual
89. The Anxiety, Worry, and Depression Workbook
90. The ACT Deck:  55 Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Practices
91. The Anxiety and Stress Solution Deck Cards
92. The DBT Deck for Clients and Therapists
93. The Self Confidence Workbook
94. The Self Love Workbook
95. CBT Toolbox for Depressed Anxious and Suicidal
96. No Worries
97. 10 Step Depression Relief Workbook
98. The Bipolar Disorder Workbook
99. The Bipolar Workbook
100. How To Be Happy
101. The Practical Life Skills Workbook
102. Restored
103. The Negative Thoughts Workbook
104. The Happiness Toolbox
105. The Self Compassion Workbook
106. Managing Unwanted Thoughts, Feelings, and Actions Workbook
107. The Christian Life Profile Assessment Workbook
108. The Mindfulness Workbook for Depression
109. Essential Art Therapy Exercises
110. Discovering Your Spiritual Path Workbook
111. Managing Trauma Workbook
112. Don’t Believe Everything You Feel
113. Totem
114. Super Hero Strengths
115. I Like Me 123
116. Mad Smartz Cards
117. Mindfulness Game
118. You Know
119. Mindfulness Matters
120. Behind the Anger Card Game
121. CBT 123
122. 100 Interactive Questions
123. Cards for Calm
124. How I’m Feeling
125. 52 Essential Relationships
126. Chill Chat Challenge
127. Feelings and Dealings
128. Positive Traits Game
129. A New Beginning:  Recovery
130. 31 Day Mindfulness Challenge
131. CBT Deck for Clients and Therapists
132. Wellness Reproductions:  Spirituality – an Inside Look
133. Wellness Reproductions:  Talk It Out Assertively
134. Wellness Reproductions:  Stress Management
135. Wellness Reproductions:  Living Healthy
136. Wellness Reproductions:  Self Esteem
137. Wellness Reproductions:  Humor Us
138. Chicken Soup for the Soul Cards
139. The Worry Control Workbook
140. The Loneliness Workbook
141. The Cognitive Behavioral Workbook for Depression
142. Supported Employment
143. Winning Against Relapse
144. Managing Conflict
145. The Double You
146. How to Avoid Falling for A Jerk
147. Keeping Your Job
148. Cooking Matters
149. Mom’s Journal
150. Dad’s Journal
151. Coping Songs
152. Men’s and Women’s Classes
153. Biblical Teachings
154. Twelve Week Group:  Grieving and Trauma
155. 24 Hours A Day
156. Star Wars Affirmative Cards
157. Inner Jedi:  A Guided Journal
158. Emotional Process Journaling
159.  1000 Questions to Process Your Emotions
160. Depression Therapy Journal
161. Anxiety Planner
     
162. Self-Care Wheel
163. Self-Confidence Planner
164. Anger Management
165.  Mental Health Planner
166. Self Image
167. Great Ted Talks
168. Mental Health and Mindfulness Planner
169. Self Care Worksheets
170. Identifying Core Values Worksheets
171. Teacher’s Planner
172.  The Nurture Your Mind Journal
173. Spiritual Awakening Communication Journal
174. Managing Your Worries
175. CBT-DBT Mental Health
176. 365 Deep Prompts
177. Basic Emotions
178. Depression Worksheets and Therapy
179. The Psychology of Superheroes Book and Audio CD
180. Superhero Therapy
181. Superhero Therapy for anxiety and trauma with ACT & CBT activities and worksheets
182. Do it yourself basics
183. The Mental Health Tool Kit - 4 Books in 1
184. Mental Health Workbook - 6 books in 1
185. 52 Weeks to Better Mental Health
186. Guided Art Therapy Card Deck
187.  The Self-compassion Deck
188. The live your values Deck
189. Coping with Guilt & Shame workbook
190. Counseling activities workbook
191. Self-directed DBT Skills
192. Managing Intense Anxiety workbook
193. Managing Moods workbook
194. Coping with loneliness workbook
195. The personal and Intimate relationship skills workbook
196. The Mindful Self-compassion workbook
197. The Mindfulness toolbox
198. Social Well-being workbook
199. The CBT Workbook for mental health
200. The Somatic Therapy Workbook
201. A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook
202. The PCOS Workbook
203. The Cognitive Behavioral Workbook for Depression
204. Feeling Good! A Mental Health Workbook
205. The Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook
206. Somatic Psychotherapy Toolbox
207. The Mindful Way Workbook
208. The 7 Topics Therapy Workbook
209. The Big Feelings Survival Guide
210. How To Meet Yourself
211. The Compassionate Mind Workbook
212. The Anxiety & Worry Workbook
213. The Anger Management Workbook
214. Your Mental Health Recovery 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 Program
Integrated 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 Recovery
Classes 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 Depression
The 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 Others
This 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-Esteem,Shame. 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 Rock
People 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 Matters
This 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 Curriculum
Females

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 Workbook
1.    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 Program
​1.    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 Women
Same 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 you
A 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 Anonymous Audio 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 Groups
48 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 Groupwork
More 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 Adults
The 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 Groups
This 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 Dummies
Each 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 Workbook
Section 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 Workbook
Part 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

Change Your Brain, Change Your Life
This class will help provide you with  techniques to heal your brain and change your way of thinking. Participants in the class will learn to:

• Use simple breathing techniques to immediately calm inner turmoil
• Fight depression: learn how to kill ANTs (automatic negative thoughts)
• To curb anger: follow the amen anti-anger diet and learn the nutrients that calm rage
• To conquer impulsiveness and to learn focus
• To stop obsessive worrying

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The Substance Abuse & Recovery Workbook
This class will help you discover your habitual and ineffective methods of managing your substance abuse, and will explore new ways to bring about healing in your life. Participants in this class will learn about:

SECTION I  - Substance Abuse

• Problems in Your Life
• Self-Defeating Behaviors
• Addictive Life History
• When You Were Using
• Non-Addicted People
• Learning About Habits
• Feeling Scared
• Feeling Pain
• Signs of Addictive Behavior
• Denial that Addiction Exists

SECTION II - Addictive Personality

• Increasing Your Self-Esteem
• Passions
• Nurturing Relationships
• Friends
• How I Get My Highs
• About Your Risks
• The Perfect Day
• Current Risk-Taking Behavior
• Stages of Addiction
• Types of Highs

SECTION III - Codependency Characteristics

• Caretaking
• Attachments
• Low Self-Worth
• Dependency
• Communication Skills
• Responsibilities
• Codependency
• Irresponsible People
• Codependency Patterns
• Codependent Characteristics

SECTION IV - Relapse Warning Signs

• Changes in Your Thinking
• Changes in Your Feelings
• Changes in Your Behavior
• Life History
• Recovery Plan
• How Thinking Affects Potential Relapse
• How Feeling Affects Potential Relapse
• How Behavior Affects Potential Relapse
• Plan for Action
• Rewards of Recovery
• Facts about Recovery

SECTION V - Substance Abuse Cessation

• Mental Roadblocks
• Social Roadblocks
• Emotional Roadblocks
• Physical Roadblocks
• Primary Roadblocks
• Overcoming Roadblocks
• Roadblocks and You
• The Recovery Process Stages
• Continuum of Substance Abuse

RETHINK Mindful Conversation Starters
This class is meant to get you thinking and talking about who you are, what you like, and how you interact with the world around you.

Each question targets different skills and areas of life, but all the questions have one primary purpose to get you discussing the important fundamentals of an emotionally balanced, mindful and compassionate way of living.

• Connect
• Gratitude
• Compassion
• Insight

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Melt Worry and Relax
This class provides you with 56 useful and effective anti-anxiety strategies to help you relax. Based in cognitive therapy, mindfulness, relaxation and behavioral therapy, each strategy will help you melt worry and anxiety quickly and easily.

CBT for Anxiety: A Step-By-Step Training Manual
This class provides step-by-step skills training for implementing cognitive behavioral therapy into your anxiety treatment plans. This class focuses on:

• Assessment and diagnosis
• Goal setting
• The art of exposure and response prevention
• Skills adapted for children
• The role of Mindfulness
• Relapse prevention
• Involving friends and family in treatment

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The Anxiety, Worry, and Depression Workbook
This class will help you tame anxiety, worry and depression by using proven strategies that can help you to start changing your habits, and start changing your life. Topics covered in this class include:

Part 1 - Anxiety, Worry, and Depression

• Worry: The Root of Anxiety and Depression
• Fighting Worry and Anxiety Fuels It
• Mindfulness of Physical Sensation and Emotion
• Mindfulness of Thought
• Don’t Worry, Problem-Solve
• Postpone Worry
• Being in the Now: Mindfulness
• Better-But-Believable
• Stop Should-ing on Yourself
• Everything in Moderation
• Acceptance of Healthy Emotion
• Relaxation
• Nip the Worry Spiral in the Bud
• Positive Psychology
• Removing the Crutches
• The “P” Sheet
• Getting Motivated to Manage Depression
• Liberate Yourself
• Catastrophizing?
• Superstitious?
• Hypochondriasis
• Procrastination
• Perfectionism

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The ACT Deck: 55 Acceptance & Commitment Therapy Practices
This class offers 55 practices based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. This class will  teach you to ask tough questions, encourage meaningful action and provide new perspectives to help you let go of negative thoughts and live in the present moment.

Using mindfulness and acceptance strategies, this highly practical deck can help anyone suffering from:

• Stress
• Anxiety & depression
• Chronic pain
• Relationship problems
• Focus and attention issues
• Painful memories & feelings

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The Anxiety and Stress Solution Deck
Utilizing CBT and Mindfulness, this class will teach you how to relieve stress and calm anxiety with 55 quick and effective tips & tools. Learn how to:

• Clarify Your Feelings
• Challenge Your Thoughts
• Change Your Behaviors
• Calming Strategies

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The DBT Deck for Clients and Therapists
This class will teach you skills needed to enjoy the ups -- and navigate the downs -- of real-world life.

• Coping strategies
• Tools to accept change
• Self-Soothing practices
• Increase self-respect
• Conflict resolution tips

The Self Confidence Workbook
Utilizing CBT and ACT, this class will teach you how to vanquish the demons of self-doubt and guide you through real-life, self confidence landmines like relationships, work, and health. With a goal-oriented approach, these proven strategies silence the self-critic within and guide you toward living your best life with confidence.

• Understanding Self-Confidence
• Setting Goals and Getting Started
• Practice Acceptance
• Calm Your Body
• Work with Your Thoughts
• Work with Your Beliefs
• Face Your Fears
• Moving Forward

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The Self-Love Workbook
This class will teach  you to become aware of your own unique needs and goals while discovering how to better accept and love your true self. It includes a variety of constructive and actionable tips, tricks and exercises, including:

• Interactive Activities
• Reflection Prompts
• Helpful Advice
• Self-Love
• Self-Awareness
• Self-Exploration
• Self-Care
• Self-Esteem
• Self-Kindness
• Self-Respect
• Self-Growth

250 Brief, Creative, and Practical Art Therapy Techniques

Exercises for Anxiety, Stress, Low Self-Esteem, Relationship Issues, Life Changes
 
Chapter 1:  Mindfulness
Chapter 2:  Self-Awareness
Chapter 3:  Self-Esteem & Self-Compassion
Chapter 4:  Connections & Relationships
Chapter 5:  Change & Problem-Solving
Chapter 6:  Anxiety & Stress
Chapter 7:  CBT-Based Thought, Emotion, Behavior
Chapter 8:  Stimulating & Thought-Provoking

The CBT Toolbox for Depressed, Anxious, and Suicidal

Over 220 worksheets to manage moods, build positive coping skills, and resiliency.

• Introduction

What’s inside
Why you need this workbook

• Keys to successful CBT

• Psychoeducation: Knowledge is power

Why psychoeducation?
Depression and Anxiety Education
What is CBT?
Education Review

• Goal Setting and Motivational Counseling:  Are You and Your Client Working Together?

Why goals are important
Treatment goals
SMART goals
How to reach my SMART goals
Exploring the consequences of anxiety and depression
Pros and Cons analysis
Working toward my goals

• Mindfulness: Calming the Emotional Brain to Utilize the Rational Mind

Amygdala hijack and the neuroscience of stress
The effects of Adrenalin and Cortisol on the body
Mindfulness Meditation and Brain Functioning
Typical stress response vs. desired stress response
Mindfulness Meditation
Mindfulness Inquiry
Mindfulness Monitoring  

• Mood Monitoring: How to Help Kids Be Aware of Their feelings

Self-awareness is really important
What are feelings?
Feeling Awareness Games
Feelings and trigger situations
Subjective units of distress scale (SUDS)
Daily and weekly mood monitoring
 
 

• Behavioral Activation Let’s Get Active Again!

What is behavioral activation?
Behavioral Monitoring: Typical school and weekend day
Life values and activities
Identifying and overcoming barriers to healthy activities
Do a behavioral activation experiment

• Cognitive Processing: Helping Kids Tune into Their Thoughts

Self-talk and stinking thinking
Different types of stinking thinking
Identifying my stinking thinking
Identifying what positive realistic, thoughts look like
Pretend stressful situation: Stinking Thinking
My stressful situation: Stinking thinking
Monitor my stinking thinking

• Cognitive Restructuring: Staying Positive Despite Challenges

What is cognitive restructuring?
Ambiguous situations…What’s really going on?
Thought detective
Practice being a thought detective
Stress in my life
Challenging my stinking thinking
My stressful situation: Positive thinking
Practice positive thinking

• Social Skills Training: Teaching Essential Social Skills

Problem solving
Being assertive can help
Communication skills
Practicing nonverbal communication
Having a conversation
Practice one of your new social skills

• Anxiety Treatment and Exposure Therapy: How to Face Your Fears

Anxiety education: The neuroscience of anxiety and mindfulness meditation
My anxiety triggers
Create an anxiety hierarchy
“Catastrophic” Stinking Thinking
Pretend anxiety situation: Be a thought detective
Using social skills to help manage my anxiety
Using distraction to fight anxiety
Make a “Game Plan” to face anxiety
Imaginal exposure: Fighting anxiety with my imagination
In-vivo exposure: Fighting my anxiety in real life

• Special Topics in Treating Anxiety: Applying Exposure Therapy to Specific Anxiety Problems

Social anxiety
Separation anxiety
Generalized anxiety disorder and chronic worry
Somatic symptom disorder

• Managing Self-Harm and Suicidal Urges: Evidence-Based Practices to Prevent Suicide and Self-Harm

Risk factors for youth suicide
Youth suicide protective factors
Youth suicide warning signs
Conduct an evidence-based suicide risk assessment
Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)
Develop an evidence-based suicide prevention safety plan
Behavioral Chain Analysis
Problem solve my chain
Reasons for self-harm behavior
Consequences of self-harm behavior
Positive consequences of resisting self-hqarm behaviors
Pros and Cons of self-harm behavior or ending my life
Reasons for living
My hope box
Emotional distress tolerance
Future time imaging
Using acceptance to tolerate difficult situations
Problem solving in a crisis
CBT skills for self-harm prevention

• Parent Involvement: Parents Are Your Clients Too!

Parent Involvement in the evaluation process
Involving the parents in treatment planning
Parent psychoeducation
Confidentiality
Parent involvement in treatment sessions
Improving family communication
Family behavioral activation
Family problem solving
Family behavioral contract
Parent support and stress management
 
 
 The No Worries Workbook

• Break up with worry!
• Explore meditation
• Rearrange your room
• Make an anti-worry playlist
• Give yourself a hand
• Stop the spiral! Try one of these ten things to do instead
• Color your way to calm: Mandala
• Sip some tea
• Find your “It’s Okay” reminders
• Track your location
• Take your ticket for a worry-free day
• Get it in writing
• Kick FOMO to the curb
• Embrace uncertainty
• Face worst-case scenarios head-on
• Water your growth
• Spin this decision wheel
• Make a plan
• Peer into this crystal ball
• Appreciate these ten beautiful little things
• Look ahead
• Complete self-care checklist
• Connect the dots
• Wake up with a mantra
• Take belly breaths
• Draw your worries
• Reroute the train wreck of thought
• Look at what’s going right
• Draw your jealousy
• Discover how worry is in your way
• Pop a balloon
• Draw your happiness
• Scribble your way to sleep
• Color you way to calm: Koi pond
• Do the animal ABCs!
• Take a smaller step
• Explore the Pros and Cons
• Unplug!
• Discover your purpose
• Relax with guided meditation. Breathe in Calm Exhale hope
• Send a text
• Map out your future self
• Take a walk
• Write a letter to future you
• Rewrite the story you tell yourself
• Give thanks
• Ride the wave
• Rediscover the real you
• Cross out your mistakes
•  Uncover your talents
• Draw your dream job
• Color your way to calm: Mountain range
• Identify your values
• Draw what’s in front of you
• Eat an elephant (kind of)
• Check off your strengths
• Experiment with roll breathing
• Pass the Mic!
• Be your own best friend
• Draw your world without worry
• Measure your growth
• Mail your worries away
• Follow this discussion flowchart
• Discover your “Don’ts”
• Enjoy the highs and lows
• Track the damage
• Walk the worry balance beam
• Do the thirty-day declutter challenge
• Color your way to calm: Ocean Vibes
• Test it on the worry B.S. meter
• Break it down!
• Play gratitude bingo
• Draw your anger
• Do a worry word search
• Write a eulogy for worry
• Relax with guided meditation: All is well, All always will be
• Determine your control
• Take a private tour through thoughts and reality
• Play detective
• Celebrate your wins
• Leave the baggage behind
• Relax with guided meditation: The five senses
• Leave clues for coping
• Take a chance on radical acceptance
• Draw your sadness
• See the glass half empty and half full
• Turn FOMO into JOMO
• Open up!
• Follow your finger
• Color your way to calm: Flower bliss
• Take up space
• Breathe in hope
• Put it on a shelf
• Try a 4-7-8 breathing
• Get out of your own way
• Keep it- or lose it
• Identify your inner circle
• Thank worry
• Take a visual vacation
• Set a worry timer
• Forget about yourself
• Tap into your wise mind
• Put it down
• Cash in these free freak-out passes
• Unwind with aromatherapy
• Make your own light
• Unleash your inner warrior
• Relax with guided mediation: Let that stuff go
• Follow your passion, not your fear
• Take the scenic route
• Fill’er up
• Defy gravity
• Play “Ten questions” with worry
• Stop the burnout
• Apply your mask
• Update your status
• Color your way to calm: Roller-Coaster
• Swipe left
• Keep an “Almost missed it” log
• Put it on your plate
• Embrace the butterflies
• Track your body
• Take back the driver’s seat

Find the beauty in being imperfect
 
 The Complex PTSD Workbook

• Understanding Trauma
• Treating Complex PTSD
• Healing Avoidance Symptoms
• Healing Invasive Symptoms
• Healing Depressive Symptoms
• Supporting Long-Term Growth

 

The Bipolar Disorder Workbook

• Part 1: Definitions and Treatment
• Understanding Bipolar II Disorder and Cyclothymia
• Therapeutic Treatments
• Finding Your Baseline: How are you Right Now?
• Part 2: Managing Hypomania and Depression
• The Experience of Hypomania
• Managing Depression: Dealing with Guilt, Hopelessness, and Sadness
• Proceed With Caution: Managing High Risk Behaviors
• Part 3: Don’t Go It Alone
• Family Matters
• Building a Support Network
• The Road Ahead: Checking In And Next Steps

 
 

The Bipolar Workbook

• Understand How to Control Your Mood Swing
• Learn about the Symptoms of Bipolar Disorder
• Distinguish Symptoms from the Real You
• See it Coming
• Recognize and Label Your Moods
• Identify Triggers and Improve Coping
• Don’t Make it Worse
• Avoid Things That Make you Feel Worse
• Don’t Let Your Emotions Control Your Thoughts
• Stop Avoidance and Procrastination
• Reduce Your Symptoms
• Regain Control When You Feel Overwhelmed
• Change Your Negative Outlook
• Analyze Your Thoughts
• Work through Denial about Needing Medication
• Improve Medication Consistency
• Strengthen Your Coping Skills
• Effectively Solve Problems
• Strengthen Stress Management Skills and Healthy Habits
• Make Better Decisions
• Maintain Your Gains

 

How To Be Happy
Description: This creative and Practical Book will help you draw, write, discover, and remember those things that make you feel happy….or at least less sad.
 

 
 
 
 
The Practical Life Skills Workbook

• This book has been designed as a practical tool for helping professional therapists, counselors, psychologists, teachers, et. Practical Life skills are actually more important than a person’s intelligence quotient. They are invaluable skills people use every day that allow them to create the life they desire.
• Table of Contents
• Section 1: Problem-Solving Style Scale
• Problem-Solving Style Scale Directions Pg 15
• Problem-Solving style Scale Pg. 16-17
• Problem-Solving Style Scale Scoring Directions Pg.18
• Problem-Solving Style Scale Profile Interpretations Pg. 19-22
• Becoming a Skillful Problem Solver Pg. 23
• The Problem-Solving Process Outline Pg. 24-25
• Problem-Solving Activity Pg. 26-29
• My Problems Pg. 30
• Problem Solving Pg. 31
• Logical Thinking Method Pg. 32
• Characteristics That Make Solving a Problem Difficult Pg. 33
•  Section 2 Money Management Style Scale
• Money Management Style Scale Directions Pg. 37
• Money Management Style Scale Pg. 38-40
• Money Management Style Scale Scoring Pg. 41
• Money Management Style Scale Profile Interpretations Pg. 41-43
• How You Spend Your Money Pg. 44-46
• Spending Habits Pg. 47-48
• My Money History Pg. 49-51
• Current Spending Behavior Pg. 52
• New Spending Behavior Pg. 53
• Ways to Prevent Shopping Binges Pg. 54
• Spending Related Behaviors Pg. 55
• Section 3 Time Management Skills Scale
• Time Management Skills Scale Directions Pg. 59
• Time Management Skills Scale Pg. 60-61
• Time Management Skills Scale Scoring Directions Pg. 62
• Time Management Skills Scale Profile Interpretation Pg. 62-63
• Goal Setting Pg. 64-69
• To Do Lists Pg 70
• Protect Your Time Pg. 71
• Be More Assertive Pg. 72
• Manage Perfectionist Behaviors Pg. 73
• Delegate Pg. 74
• Maintain Balance in Life Pg. 75-76
• Time Management Background Pg. 77
• My Time Management Pg.  78
• Benefits of Effective Time Management Pg. 79
• Symptoms of Poor Time Management Pg. 80
• Section 4 Self-Awareness Scale
• Self-Awareness Scale Directions Pg. 83
• Self-Awareness Scale Pg. 84-85
• Self-Awareness Scale Scoring Directions Pg. 86
• Self-Awareness Scale Profile Interpretations Pg. 86
• Self-Awareness Scale Profile Descriptions Pg. 87
• Emotional Awareness Pg. 88
• My Feelings Pg. 89-90
• Self-Assessment Pg. 91-93
• I am Unique Pg. 94
• Self-Confidence Pg. 95
• Things I Can Do Well Pg. 96
• Things I Cannot Do Well Pg. 97
• Self-Awareness Pg. 98
• My Dreams Pg. 99
• Quotations- Self-Awareness Pg. 101
• Section 5 Personal Change Scale
• Personal Change Scale Directions Pg 105
• Personal Change Scale Pg 106-107
• Personal Change Scale Scoring Directions Pg. 108
• Personal Change Scale Profile Interpretation Pg. 108
• Personal Change Scale Descriptions Pg. 109
• How Do You Respond To Change Pg. 109
• How Can You Cope Pg. 110
• Take Care Of Yourself Pg. 110-111
• Create A Positive Inner Self Pg. 112
• Overcome Self Defeating Prophesies Pg. 113
• Regain Control Pg. 114
• Create a Strategy to Take Action Pg. 115
• Aspects to Consider Pg. 116-117
• Change and Others in My Life Pg. 119
• Change in My Life Pg. 120
• Change Management Pg. 121
• Change Results Pg. 122
• Self Fulfilling Prophesy Beliefs Pg 123
• Quotations Change Pg. 124

 
 
 
 
 
 

Restored

• Principle 1: Reestablish Order
• Practice 1: Understand What Leads to Healing
• Practice 2: Make Your Road Map to Healing
• Practice 3: Develop Self-Care Tools For Your Journey
• Principle 2: Reset Expectations
• Practice 4: Clarify and Express Feelings
• Practice 5: Discover Your Own Challenges
• Practice 6: Examine and Overcome Barriers to Healing
•  Principle 3: Remember Your Loved One
• Practice 7: Remember Sweet Moments
• Practice 8: Share in Healing Rituals
• Practice 9: Help Children with their Mourning
• Principle 4: Renew Identity
• Practice 10: Visualize Your New Beginning
• Practice 11: Disable Your Triggers
• Practice 12: Deal with the Holidays
• Principle 5: Restore Life After Loss
• Practice 13: Create Purpose Through Legacy
• Practice 14: Find Meaning through the Christian Tradition
• Practice 15: Reconnect

 
 
The Negative Thoughts Workbook

• Chapter 1: Know Your Mind Traps
• Chapter 2: Manage the Control Paradox
• Chapter 3: Kick The Worry Habit
• Chapter 4 Interrupt Rumination
• Chapter 5: Move Beyond Regret
• Chapter 6: Confront Shame
• Chapter 7: Overcome Humiliation
• Chapter 8: Release from Resentment

 
 
The Happiness Toolbox

• Chapter One: The Pursuit of Happiness
• Chapter Two: Gratitude
• Three Good Times
• The Gratitude Journal
• Your Inner “George Bailey”
• Reflecting on Hardship
• A Day Of Thanks
• A Meditation on Gratitude 
• The Gratitude Jar
• Chapter Three: Kindness and Compassion
• Five Acts of Kindness
• Better to Give than to Receive?
• Volunteering for a Cause
• Recalling Kindness Towards Others
• The Gift of Time
• Chapter 4: Mindfulness
• Mindful Breathing
• Raisin Meditation
• Everyday Mindfulness
• Mindfulness of the Senses
• A Mindful Minute
• Chapter 5: Self-Compassion
• A letter of Self-Compassion
• Self Compassion Break
• Loving Kindness Meditation
• Seeing The Double Standard
• Self Appreciation
• Self Criticism Vs. Self Compassion
• Chapter 6: Connection
• Gratitude Letter and Visit
• Unplug and Connect
•  Active Constructive Responding
• The Gratitude Report Card
• Listen Actively
• Chapter 7: Optimism
• Slow and Steady Wins the Race
• Overcoming Pessimism
• A Positive Future
• Reflecting on Success
• Finding The Silver Linings
• Chapter 8: Forgiveness
• Cost Benefit Analysis Of Forgiveness
• A Letter of Forgiveness
• Recalling Forgiveness
• Forgiveness Meditation
• Drawing Strength from Adversity
•  Empathize
• Chapter 9: Cultivating Strengths
• Identify Your Strengths
• You at Your Best
• How You Use Your Strengths
• Using Your Strengths in New Ways
• Strengths In the Family
• Chapter 10: Savoring the Good
• Everyday Savoring
• Savoring Through Visualization
• Savoring Across Time
• Take a Savoring Walk
• Taking the Good
• Chapter 11: Health and Happiness
• Get Moving
• Fostering Healthy Sleep Habits
• Relaxing Your Muscles
• A Meditation for Sleep
• Nutrients For Happiness
• Relaxing Through Our Breath
• Go Green

 
 

The Self Compassion Workbook

• Practical Exercises To Approach Your Thoughts, Emotions, and Actions With Kindness
• Part One: The Value of Self-Compassion
• Part Two: Self Compassion And Thoughts
• Part Three: Self Compassion And Emotions
• Part Four: Self Compassion in Actions
• Part Five: Onward, Upward

 

Managing Unwanted Thoughts, Feelings, and Emotions Workbook

• A Toolbox of Reproducible Assessments and Activities for Facilitators
• Module One: Unwanted Thoughts, Feelings, and Actions Symptoms
• This module will help participants identify the intensity of their behavioral, cognitive, and affect problems in their lives.
• Module Two: Life Management Skills
• This module will help participants identify the effectiveness of their present life management skills
• Module Three: Personal Wellness
• This module will help participants identify how effective they are I taking care of themselves physically and emotionally.
• Module Four: Possibilities
• This module will help participants identify the many possibilities available in their lives and careers.
• Module Five: Erasing the Stigma of Mental Health Issues
• This module will help participants explore and fefute the stigma of having unwanted thoughts, feelings, and actions issues in their lives and the impact that the stigma has on them.

 
 

The Christian Life Profile Assessment Workbook

• Developing your personal plan to think, act, and be like Jesus
• Contents
• Foreword
• Introduction
• Architecture of the Assessment
• Description of the 30 Key Ideas
• Personal Assessment
• Measuring the Results
• “One Another” Assessment
• Personal Plan for Spiritual Growth
• Resources for Targeted Growth
• A Guide for Small Group Discussion
• The Story Behind Christian Life Profile Assessment

 
 

The Mindfulness Workbook for Depression

• Effective mindfulness strategies to cultivate positivity from the inside out.
• Chapter one: the connection between mindfulness and depression
• Chapter two: beginner’s mind
• Chapter three: Non-judgment
• Chapter four: Acceptance
• Chapter five: Patience
• Chapter six: Trust
• Chapter Seven: Non-Striving
• Chapter eight: Letting go
• Chapter nine: Onward, Upward

 

Essential Art Therapy Exercises

• This book is dedicated to those who are suffering. Let art be the tool that guides your on the path to recovery.
• Part one: The Art of Therapy
• Chapter one: What is Art Therapy?
• Part Two: Art of Therapy Exercises
• Chapter two: Painting and Drawing
• Chapter three: Digital and Photos
• Chapter four: Sculpting and Textiles
• Chapter five: Writing
• Chapter six: Collages

 
 

Discovering Your Spiritual Path Workbook

• Self-assessments, exercises, and educational handouts that let participants explore spirituality and the benefits it can have.
• Section 1: Forgiveness and Acceptance Scale
• Helps individuals explore their ability for forgive themselves and forgive other people
• Section 2: connecting with Others Scale
• Helps individuals explore the strength of their characteristics related to connecting with other people.
• Section 3: Spiritual Living Scale
• Help individuals identify how effective they are at integrating spiritual themes into their daily lives.
• Section 4: Personal Centering Scale
• Helps individuals explore their use of the various spiritual disciplines for finding peace and centering themselves, even when facing life’s challenges.
• Section 5: Spiritual Awareness Scale
• Helps individuals explore how aware they are of their spiritual nature.
• Section 6: The Last Chapter
• Helps individuals process what they have learned from Discovering your Spiritual Path Workbook.

 
 

Managing Trauma Workbook

• A toolbox of reproducible assessments and activities for facilitators that help manage individuals facing trauma.
• Module 1: The Story of My Trauma
• This module will help participants share all aspects of their story in a safe way and put it into a positive prospective.
• Module 2: My escape-Mode
• This module will help participants explore the various ways that they avoid and numb to forget their traumatic experience, and provides tools for coping with these symptoms.
• Module 3: Managing My transition Experiences
• This module will help participants explore ways that they can effectively manage trauma and move on from their traumatic experience.
• Module 4: Tools for Coping with My Symptoms
• This module will help participants explore the various ways that they re-experience their trauma and provides tools for coping with these symptoms
• Module 5: Erasing the Stigma of Mental Health Issues
• This module will help participants explore the stigma of having experienced a traumatic event in their lives and the impact that the stigma has on them.

 

Don’t Believe Everything You Feel

• A CBT workbook to identify your emotional schemas and find freedom from anxiety and depression.
• Chapter 1: what are Emotions?
• Chapter 2: Validating your Feelings
• Chapter 3: Thinking about your Emotions
• Chapter 4: The Emotional Schema Approach
• Chapter 5: My Emotions Will go on Forever
• Chapter 6:  I feel Guilty About my Feelings
• Chapter 7: My Emotions are out of Control
• Chapter 8: I can’t Stand Having Mixed Feelings
• Chapter 9: What do I Care About?
• Chapter 10: The Worst ways to Cope
• Chapter 11: Understanding how Other People Feel
• Chapter 12: Putting it All Together: the best ways to cope

 

Totem

• Totem is a personal development tool that allows you to have fun while discovering your strengths through other peoples eye’s.
• In Turn, each player witness the construction of a totem in their own image. Each totem is a built with an Animal card, associated with a strength, and quality card, each chosen by the other players.

 

Superhero Strengths

• In Superhero Strengths, kids and teens play the role of superhero collectors while learning to identify their strengths, deal with feelings, build coping skills, and improve resilience.

 

I Like Me 1 2 3

• Using research from humanistic psychology and cognitive behavioral therapy, I like Me 123 is a fun interactive game.
• With hundreds of play possibilities, I like Me 123 is a great tool to assess and build healthy self esteem and self confidence.

 

Mad Smartz

• Mad Smartz is based on the card game Uno. The purpose of the card game is to help people with the following challenging issues: Anger management, social skills, empathy, and a hodge-podge of other matters i.e. confidence, and cooperation.

 


The Mindfulness Game

• The Mindfulness Game is designed to educate people on mindfulness practice in a fun and natural way. Build community through play. Players notice subtle shifts in self-awareness that transfer to life skills. Ignite powerful experiences that make an impact! The mindfulness game is the best way to train your brain to be her now.

 

You Know

• A game about communication, confidence, reflection, and self esteem.
• “Would you rather?” type questions allow for low pressure responses and comfortable engagement.

 

Mindfulness Matters

• Mindfulness Matters is designed to teach and engage in essential mindfulness techniques.
• Fun, cooperative game play improves social skills as it helps young people cope with difficult emotions. Action and answer cards make the game enjoyable and useful for daily living.

Behind The Anger Card Game

• Anger is one of the most prominent emotions in the range of emotions. We all get angry, with different levels of intensity and frequency. Anger has a positive aspect, it can be liberating and motivate action, damage, and even physical injury to the person who feels the anger and the people around them.

 

CBT 123

• Players match cards and answer questions in silly situations, while learning the basics of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
• Learning how thoughts, behaviors, and feelings are related while having a blast.

 

100 Interactive Questions

• Audience: adults with emotion and or substance abuse issues
• Materials Needed: dry erase board, paper, and pen for some activities.
• Objective: to help participants think, communicate and interact on important, relevant topics in as few as three or as many as fifty plus minutes.
• Play: participants read a card and follow the directions. Each card supplies a succinct therapeutic concept with related questions. Each card also has an optional, additional interactive component in a box at the bottom, to be used at the leaders discretion

Cards for Calm

• Therapy tool that encourages positive thinking through the use mindfulness, visualization techniques, and creative thinking.
• To be used alone or in counseling sessions, the cards help you create spaces in your day to focus on what really matters to you. To find new ways to deal with anxiety. To help you achieve your goals.

 

How I’m Feeling

• It can be difficult to get people to share their feelings and thoughts, particularly in times of difficulty. This 54-card pack provides people with a variety of sentence completion prompts to help them discuss topics like anger, anxiety, sadness, grief, traumatic experiences, family issues/changes, fears, difficulties at school and more.
• Featuring high quality colorful drawings, each card features and adorable puppy and his friends in a variety of situations.
• An emotional intelligence game to build trust and support to transform understanding.

52 Essential Relationships

• Emotion Intelligence Focus Areas:
• Nurture: show me that you care, help me feel I matter, prove that your are trustworthy, act like you believe in me.
• Flex: help me explore my passions, guide me closer to my goals, push me to get better, manage my expectations.
• Support: help me find my path, remind me what is important, get to know me for who I am, protect my inner compass.
• Partner: model what you say, take me seriously, trust me with responsibilities, expand our partnership.

 
 

Chill Chat Challenge
The game is meant to connect generations and erase communication barriers in a fun and playful atmosphere. The rules are simple: take turns answering questions, some simple and some controversial, and get to know each other on a deeper level. Discuss topics such as identity, family, life, school life, appearance, social media, and many others. The most honest and open player wins

Feelings and Dealings
Developing Empathy!  This therapeutic tool develops social and emotional intelligence through fun and engaging play. Speaking of play, we’ve designed 8 ways to play this game: 3 games for educational play and 5 games for therapeutic play!
 
 

Positive Traits Game
The game that mindfully shines light on your best inner qualities is finally here! The positive Traits Game is a therapy tool designed to help us discover the most valuable characteristics in ourselves and those around us. It prompts conversation in a fun and natural way using carefully selected photographs. Players will notice subtle shifts in self-awareness that transfer to life skills and ignite powerful discussions that make a lasting impact! It’s the perfect aid to help others be the best version of themselves. The game contains 175 cards which will boost motivation through words and pictures.
 
Among the wide range situations these cards are useful for are: Education, speech therapy, therapy coaching, social skills development, counseling, teambuilding, mindful thinking.
 

A New Beginning: RECOVERY
 This card game is designed to enhance recovery skills for those overcoming addictive behaviors. Cards reinforce skills, generate discussions, and integrate learning. The deck can be used to creatively facilitate groups or individual sessions.

• A great card game designed to enhance recovery skills in people struggling to overcome addictive behaviors
• Use in groups or one on one
• Customize the activities by pulling out the most appropriate cards for a particular group or individual
• For ages 12-Adult
• 3 to 10 players
• Explain use of game is to actively work on recovery skills.

 
 

 
 

31 Day Mindfulness Chanllenge
MINDFULNESS is a set of simple yet powerful practices that can be incorporated into your daily life to help break the cycle of unhappiness, stress, anxiety and help you start living in the moment and simply enjoying your life more. Start your 31 day mindfulness challenge today and improve your life or give it to a friend and give the gift of mindfulness.

•  A daily dose of mindfulness is said to enhance creativity, productivity, peace of mind and reduce stress. Developing a mindful lifestyle takes practice, time and patience. 
• 31 daily tasks designed to enhance your mindfulness. 
• The exercises are oriented so that they are easy to carry out even on the busiest days. Most exercises can be performed anywhere and at any time, often without other people knowing about it. 
• Start at top of deck taking one card per day and practicing mindful task as instructed.

 

CBT Deck for Clients and Therapists
The CBT Deck offers quick, effective interventions with the dual benefit of symptom reduction and reinforcement of CBT principles. For those simply looking to enhance their health and productivity, The CBT Deck is a powerful tool for growth, providing dedicated time and space for reinforcement of habits that perpetuate wellness. --Ben Hunter, MD
 
Reduce stress in your life with practical, action-oriented, and mindfulness tools to quickly build positive emotions in your life. The 101 practices inside The CBT Deck will help you:

• Calm and redirect your thoughts
• Overcome self-limiting beliefs
• Choose actions and build the life you ad
• Be more connected and engaged in the present moment.

 

Wellness Reproductions: Spirituality an inside Look
Ages: 15-Adults. This card set is designed to explore the topic
of spirituality and to facilitate open discussions about the
inner spirit and healing. 4-14 players.

• This card set is designed to explore the topic of spirituality and to facilitate open discussions about the inner spirit and healing.
• Examples: Do you enjoy sitting and watching the rain or snow fall? What are your feelings at that time? How do your community leaders influence the spiritual practices of your everyday life? What matters the most to you in your life?

 

Wellness Reproductions: Talk-it-Out
Assertively

• How can you make a suggestion without sounding pushy?
• Is it wise to avoid blaming or attacking in conversations? Why? What does it do to the attacker? What does it do to the receiver?

• Topic: Assertive Skills
• Ages: Teens & Adults

 

Wellness Reproductions: Stress Management
Ages: 12-adult. These cards are designed to help group members learn more about themselves and their effectiveness in managing stress. the cards cover a wide variety of topics related to stress.

•  Sample from coping with stress: what services are available in your community to help you cope with stress?
•  Sample from healthy lifestyle: how does a sense of wellness lead to hope and optimism in your life? 
•  Sample from level of stress: describe to the group a time when you experienced stress after a traumatic event.

Wellness Reproductions: Living Healthy
Ages: 15-adults. Topics include: nutrition, stress, attitude, sleep, environment, and more.

• Examples: how can you tactfully give signals to others to tell them you need "alone time"? 
•  What are 2 healthy ways you can relax? Do, or could you manage 20 minutes of exercise 4 times a week?
• This product is also part of the skill building card decks set.

Wellness Reproductions: Self-Esteem
Ages: 12-Adults. Seventy-five cards with questions that correlate from the book and inventories. Cards can be used alone or with the supporting materials. Divided into 5 mini-decks of 15 cards each. 

• Body-Image
• Self-Image
• Decision-Making Effectiveness
• Personal Responsibility
• Self-Esteem, and Values Motivation.
  
  

 

Wellness Reproductions: Humor-Us
Covers wide variety of subjects, Typically requires 50 minute sessions. Recommended to remove cards that are groups oriented if you are doing individual session.

• Develops good humor skills.
• Use of humor as coping skill

Chicken Soup for the Soul Cards
Conversation starters to open the heart and rekindle the spirit.

• Each card in deck condenses a chicken soup story and a question to share.

 

It’s OK that you’re NOT OK
Author: Megan Devine
 
When a painful loss or life-shattering event upends your world, here is the first thing to know: there is nothing wrong with grief. "Grief is simply love in its most wild and painful form," says Megan Devine. "It is a natural and sane response to loss."
 
Why well-meaning advice, therapy, and spiritual wisdom so often end up making it harder for people in grief
• How challenging the myths of grief―doing away with stages, timetables, and unrealistic ideals about how grief should unfold―allows us to accept grief as a mystery to be honored instead of a problem to solve
• Practical guidance for managing stress, improving sleep, and decreasing anxiety without trying to "fix" your pain
• How to help the people you love―with essays to teach us the best skills, checklists, and suggestions for supporting and comforting others through the grieving process

Grief Walk
Author: Gary Roe
 
Grief Walk is designed to be read one chapter a day. Consider it a grief devotional. Take your time. Open your heart. Be honest about your thoughts and emotions. Allow Jesus to meet you in each day's reading.
 
 
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