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Looking on the Bright Side: Using Optimism to Create Happiness
Help kids practice optimism with a FREE worksheet download
Kids will inevitably be faced with challenging moments. Help them harness the power of an optimistic mindset with free resources from °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ author Maureen Healy.
Havening for Kids: 2 Powerful Stress-Busting Tools
Advice and video demonstration from Dr. Kate Truitt
Whether they're experiencing hyperarousal or hypoarousal, kids often need the help of a caregiver to return to a more calm, alert state. Dr. Kate Truitt shares two simple but effective techniques to help kids cope with stress and stay regulated.
5 Tips to Prevent & Minimize the Impact of Bullying
Expert advice from therapists, moms, and children's book authors
°ÅÀÖÊÓƵ authors Christina Furnival and Andrea Dorn share their five strategies to help children develop social-emotional skills, recognize unhealthy friendships, and set boundaries with their peers.
Making the Most Informed Choice: The SODAS Problem-Solving Model
Free exercise to aid young clients in decision making
Help young clients make healthy choices with this simple problem-solving paradigm! °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ author David Pratt presents a step-by-step way to identify options, consider advantages and disadvantages, and select a course of action.
Building Resilience with Neuroplasticity, Cognitive Framing, and the Havening Touch
A powerful demonstration with Dr. Kate Truitt
For clients who struggle to break out of their maladaptive beliefs, the Creating Possibilities Protocol is a powerful exercise that promotes changes.
How to Grow your Therapy Practice: 4 Tips for Getting Started
Knowing how to grow your therapy practice is integral to your success. Use these tips from our partners at therapist.com if you’re not quite sure where to start.
8 Ways Non-Prescribers Can Promote Medication Success
Simple Strategies for Any Mental Health Professional
As a non-prescriber, you may be wondering how to ethically discuss medication with your clients. Kenneth Carter, PhD, ABPP, shares eight ways mental health professionals can help clients succeed while staying within the scope of their practice.
Turning Hopeless into Hopeful: Using Creative Hopelessness to Help Clients Let Go
A powerful acceptance and commitment therapy strategy for change
Are your clients clinging to coping mechanisms that no longer serve them? ACT expert Richard Sears provides a technique for getting clients to leave behind behaviors that are not working—using their own life experiences!
Taking an ACT Approach to Disordered Eating
3 strategies to help clients let go of food and weight struggles
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy works to promote psychological flexibility while helping clients get unstuck from painful patterns of avoidance. ACT expert Diana Hill, PhD, shares how this approach can be used to heal clients' relationships with food and weight.
Helping Kids Face Obstacles Head-On
Two stress-busting exercises to build coping skills
Kids will face obstacles every day—but it can be a good thing! Psychotherapist and parenting educator Katie Hurley, LCSW, details how we can guide children to tackle any problem, big or small.