Counseling Activities Workbook Handouts and Exercises for Working With People

34 Pages·2021·1.566 MB·English

by  Wilma Schroeder

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
CHANGE AND PLANNING
Costs and Benefits of Working on Change
My Motivations for Change
Inspirational Hero
Ready, Willing, and Able
Thinking About Making a Change
Identifying Your Barriers to Change
Planning for Change
Being Proactive in Decision-making
Goal Setting for Substance Use
My Weekly Goals
My Long-term Goals
Tracking My Strategies
Applying My Strategies to Future Goals
COPING AND STRESS
Stress: Assessing My Experience
My Places of Stress
Red Flags: My Cues to Pause
My Coping Strategies
Rating My Strategies
Building a Coping Toolkit
Stress Management and Lifelines
Restoring Restful Sleep
Moving From Stress Into Recovery
Getting Organized
SELF-AWARENESS AND SELF-ESTEEM
My Self-Esteem Inventory
My Wellness Pie
Circles of My Multilayered Self
Storytelling With Specific Strengths
Identifying and Understanding My Mind and Body Clues
Thinking About My Body
What Influences My Body Image?
Excessive Exercise Questionnaire
Eating Habits Questionnaire
COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL STRATEGIES
Reducing Self-criticism
ABC Log
Identifying Cognitive Distortions
Predicting Challenges
Circle of Control
Spoken and Unspoken Rules
Building Reasonable Thoughts
Challenging Stress Thoughts
Recognizing Positive Self-talk
Replacing Negative Names With Loving Labels
Change My Language, Change My Feelings
Reframing My Experiences
Challenging Problematic Thoughts
Managing Problematic Substance Use Thoughts
Challenging Catastrophic Thinking
Practicing Positive Self-talk
Interrupting and Stopping Worry Loops
Reversing My Response
Identifying Problem Behaviors and Creating Replacements
Identifying Triggers
Healthy Habits Log
Compulsive Coping Log
Behavior Change Worksheet
BODY AND MOVEMENT
Movement and Connection With the Body
Identifying Body Clues
Making the Mind–body Connection
Rhythmic Movement
Neck Rolls
Sensation Charades
Identifying Sensations
Embodying the Warrior Within
Progressive Muscle Relaxation
BREATHING
The Mechanics of Breathing
Mindfulness to Breath Meditation
Counting My Breathing
Relaxation Breathing
Rain Shower Breath
Mindful Breathing Tips
MINDFULNESS AND CALMING
Being Mindful in Daily Life
Tips for Calming and Settling
Observing My Experiences
Developing Observer Ability
Observing Breath Exercise
Quieting the Nervous System
Finding My Center: Anchoring and Resourcing
Rooting to the Ground: Breath Visualization
Techniques for Embodying Resources
Learning the Language of the Body
Exploring the Internal Sense: Body Scan
The Strangeness of Being Still
Calming and Settling: Forward Fold
Fully Relaxing
Skillful Soothing
Warm Water Wash Visualization
Transformation Visualization
Using Imagination: Mountain Meditation
My Special Place
My Own Visualization
EMOTIONS
Recognizing Anxiety Worksheet
Feelings and Needs Log
Resource Emotion List
Create an Emoji
Understanding My Emotions
Myths About Emotions
Understanding My Emotional Sensitivity
Coping With Emotions
Using Emotions Well
Skills for Distraction
Anger Identification and Regulation
Pendulation Activity
SAFETY PLANS
When to Reach Out
My Safety Plan
CONNECTING AND RELATIONSHIPS
Identifying Priorities in an Interaction
Relationship Quiz
My Supports
Having a Healthy Social Support Network
Eco-map: Mapping My Relationships
Relationship Circle Activity
Markers of a Healthy Friendship
Exploring the Experience of Attunement
Starting the Boundary Dialogue
Attending to Boundaries
Identifying Values in Romantic Relationships
What Roles Do We Play?
Healthy Families Functioning Questionnaire
Using Art to Connect With Family
Family Memories
Blended Family Life Cycle Matrix
Genogram: Mapping My Family
Parenthood: Mapping Circles of Influence
My Parenting Strengths
Connecting Children’s Needs to Resources
COMMUNICATION
Communication Quiz
Listening Habits Quiz
Finding My Assertiveness Style
How Assertive Am I?
Active Listening
Choosing My Response
Offering My Opinion
The Confident No
Making Requests
Persuasion Exercise
Receiving Negative Feedback
CONFLICT
How Ready Am I to Handle Conflict?
Difficult Conversation Checklist
Beliefs About Conflict
The Roots of Conflict
The Five Ws of Conflict
Places of Conflict
Positive Results of Working Through Conflict
Clearing Up Misunderstandings
Two Sides to a Conflict
Changing Difficult Relationships
Reacting to Conflict
Focus On “I” Not “You”
PRINTING INSTRUCTIONS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
SPEAKING AND TRAINING