a meeting between a person and a therapist where you can talk about what is bothering you and learn skills to help you meet goals.
Anxiety
What is deep breathing?
When you use breathing to help you calm down when you are frustrated by inhaling for 4 seconds, holding it briefly, then exhaling for 4 seconds.
Fear
Response to danger; known as nature’s alarm system
What is Mental Health Stigma?
negative beliefs about individuals struggling with mental health difficulties or diagnoses
Feeling sad/down/angry for longer periods of time and feeling disinteresting in activities you typically enjoy.
Depression
How do you practice meditation or mindfulness?
By listening to a mindfulness video on youtube where you focus on paying attention to how you are feeling, your body, or somewhere special to you without judging any thoughts or emotions you have.
Feeling self- conscious or ashamed about something you may have said, done, or thought or witnessed someone else doing
Embarassment
A therapy that focuses on thoughts, emotions, and behaviors as a way of understanding mental health difficulties.
CBT
You experience an incredibly scary or stressful event where you were concerns for your safety or the safety of others, or heard about something unsafe or scary happening to someone close to you, and now you are constantly upset and bothered when you think of this event, you have a hard time trusting others or think the world is unsafe, and you may have a lot of different emotions when you think of this event.
Post-traumatic stress disorder/trauma
What are examples of grounding techniques?
splashing cold water on your face, using your five senses, walking bare footed on the grass, eating ice, drinking cold water
Characterized by feelings of enjoyment or satisfaction
Happy
A therapy that focuses on helping people process their trauma and understand how to cope with trauma symptoms.
TF-CBT
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Activities that you enjoy and always make you feel good after you do them
Preferred activities
Anger
A strong feeling of displeasure or madness aroused by the belief that we have been hurt, that we are being mistreated, or that someone or something we want or care about is being hurt or mistreated