11 Practices to Promote Wellbeing
Lisa Ferentz, LCSW-C, DAPA
How can you help your clients work on increasing acts of self-care? Keeping in mind that self-care can manifest in different ways, consider suggesting these 11 practices as "homework assignments" to promote wellbeing...
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Mona Delahooke, Ph.D.
Over the years I have come to believe that oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) is not a label that should be used to describe young children. As a developmental psychologist, I view oppositional defiance as a child鈥檚 response to stress. Viewing children鈥檚 challenging behaviors on a continuum of stress and stress recovery reveals a whole new way to think about this stigmatizing disorder, as well as a new way to support children, informed by neuroscience.
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Daniel J. Siegel, M.D.
I've come to believe that integration is the key mechanism beneath both the absence of illness and the presence of well-being. Integration -- the linkage of differentiated elements of a system -- illuminates a direct pathway toward health. It's the way we avoid a life of dull, boring rigidity on the one hand, or explosive chaos on the other. We can learn to detect when integration is absent or insufficient and develop effective strategies to promote differentiation and then linkage.
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How to Explain Dialectics to Our Clients
Lane Pederson, Psy.D., LP, DBTC
If you've ever struggled to explain dialectics to your client, you're not alone. Learn how to clearly explain DBT to your clients, and get a free worksheet to help your client bring about dialectical balance and assist them in seeing options in their lives.
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Bessel A. van der Kolk, M.D.
When the body is frozen in a position of terror, it's not possible to feel joy ... BUT in contrast, when the body is in a position of joy and openness, it's not possible to feel terror. In this short video, Dr. Bessel van der Kolk demonstrates the Position of Joy and shows you how it changes the way you take in emotions.
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Sheila Lewis
Schools are witnessing the benefits of bringing mindfulness practices into education as a strategy for promoting social and emotional learning among students. Check out these easy ways to integrate mindfulness routines for classrooms.
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An exercise to improve executive function
Lynne Kenney, Psy.D.
It鈥檚 helpful for children to have a strategy to think about an activity or action before they do it. Building 鈥渢ime to reflect鈥 as well as 鈥渋ntent to act鈥 into the thinking process is empowering. This worksheet provides an opportunity for the child to explore the parts of a task, the plan of action to complete the task and the steps to revise their approach in the future.
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Jennifer Cohen Harper, MA, E-RYT, RCYT
Get two yoga and mindfulness practices to share with the children in your life. Each exercise comes with matching聽coloring pages and worksheets聽to further enhance the experience and deepen reflection, and you can download these supporting materials for free. Don鈥檛 forget to try these out yourself as well, as we all could use some orienting and grounding no matter what our age!聽
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A Yoga Practice for Children with ADHD
Jennifer Cohen Harper, MA, E-RYT, RCYT
Sometimes children with ADHD just can't stop moving...Here's a quick and enjoyable strategy to help restore attention and focus.
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Lisa Ferentz, LCSW-C, DAPA
For many people who were raised in abusive, neglectful, or dysfunctional families, 鈥測ou made your bed now lie in it鈥 is a common life philosophy taught and promoted throughout childhood. But the truth is, the personal, academic, and professional decisions that met your needs 5, 10, or 20 years ago may be completely irrelevant to your life today.
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