1st Edition
Helping Teens and Young Adults with Anxiety A Ten Session Programme
Helping Teens and Young Adults with Anxiety provides a unique structure for a complete ten-week programme, equipping secondary school, college, and university staff with the tools to support students who are experiencing anxiety.
Following on from the authors’ best seller Supporting Children and Young People with Anxiety, this companion resource is tailored to meet the complex needs of teenagers and young people and provides a programme which can be run entirely independently. The intervention draws on a range of theoretical backgrounds and practical models of working and reflects recent improved understanding of the neuropsychology of stress and anxiety and an understanding of the effect that trauma can have on the body and mind. Presuming no prior experience on the part of the reader, the authors acknowledge the challenges involved in recognising anxiety and delivering tailored treatment and emphasise the roles of prevention and early intervention. All resources are photocopiable and downloadable and can be easily customised for use with children and parents.
Helping Teens and Young Adults with Anxiety provides an eclectic approach to managing anxiety and serves as an important text for education professionals working with young people in both academic and non-academic sectors.
Introduction
How to use this book
Session 1 Understanding Anxiety
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1.1 Interactive Model
1.2 Group Rules
1.3Personal Goals
1.4 Positive Diary
Session 2 Helpful/Unhelpful Coping Strategies
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2.1 The Stress Bucket
Session 3 How Anxiety Makes our Bodies Feel
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3.1 Common Physical Reactions to Stress
3.2 Body Template
3.3 Physical Ractions Diary
Session 4 Understanding and Managing our Emotions
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4.1 Emotional Vocabulary Table
4.2 Emotions Cards for the Game
Session 5 Changing our Thoughts
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5.1 Alternative Explanations
5.2 Hot Seat Exercise
5.3 Real Life Practice
Session 6 Mindfulness
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6.1 Mindfulness Questionnaire
6.2 Mindfulness Practice
Session 7 Facing our Fears
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7.1 Unhelpful Behaviours
7.2 Avoidance Cycle
7.3 Small Steps to Goal
7.4 Guided Visualisation
Session 8 Lifestyle
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8.1 What Is a Healthy Lifestyle?
8.2 The Wheel of Life
8.3 Lifestyle Coaching Notes
Session 9 Identifying our Strengths
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9.1 Strength Cards
9.2 Aide Memoire for Self-Reflection
Session 10 Course Review and Celebration
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10.1 Action Plan
10.2 Evaluation
10.3 Attractive Certificate for Teens/Young Adults
Biography
Elizabeth Herrick and Barbara Redman-White are both educational psychologists. Their previous book, Supporting Children and Young People with Anxiety: A Practical Guide, was published by Routledge (2019).
Helen Hudson spent over twenty years working in the education sector and currently works for the NHS in their adult mental health programme.
