These days, reaching for your smartphone is automatic.
It’s like your phone is an extension of your hand.
This makes it difficult to take a break, even a quick one, when you wish.
Here are a couple of ideas to help you hit the pause button.
When people are stressed and worried, they often try to get their worry thoughts out of their minds.
This never works, but what can work is a little perspective.
There’s no better way to create perspective than humor.
If you have ever taken an improv comedy class, you likely learned the concept of ‘Yes, and …’
In Yes, and […]
Relationships can be stressful, even when they’re going well. It doesn’t take much to protect and strengthen relationships but it does take some of your time and caring.
Also, giving to your relationships feels good and encourages others to give to you.
There are many small ways that you can give to others:
Tracking your anxious predictions is an easy way to correct your mind’s tendency to overestimate the likelihood of bad things happening.
Here are a couple of fun ways to do it.
Sometimes, teens are told to start their homework with the most challenging and stressful task to get it out of the way.
This is known as “eating the frog.”
But starting your study period with the most difficult or stressful task can make you dread starting your homework in the first place.
In addition, depending on how stressed […]
School-aged children and adolescents are frequently faced with situations where they are being asked to perform either formally or informally, including tests, sports, recitals, interviews, school presentations, and social events.
Some children and adolescents experience such intense performance anxiety that it hinders their ability to succeed in the classroom, on the stage or playing field, and […]
Evidence-Based CBT Skills to Help You Manage Stress, Anxiety, Depression, and More
Written by a leading expert in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), this workbook offers powerful, evidence-based skills to improve your mental health, so you can get back to living your life!
Have you been struggling with sadness, worry, stress, or even insomnia? You certainly aren’t alone. […]
Did you know that anxiety disorders and OCD work differently in children than in adults? This may seem intuitively obvious but is not reflected in most treatments for child anxiety and OCD. Current treatment protocols conceptualize anxiety disorders and OCD as the result of an overactive threat detection system. This understanding falls short when we […]
Sara Haines speaks with one of her favorite children’s book authors, clinical psychologist Dr. Daniela Owen, on how the nation’s mental health crisis is affecting our kids and how her book series urges children to express their feelings at a young age.
Whether you call them therapeutic homework, action plans, or exercises, these out-of-session activities can help teens in several ways: