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The Trauma and Adversity Workbook for Teens : Mindfulness-Based Skills to Overcome and Recover from Prolonged Toxic Stress.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Biegel, Gina M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Stress (Psychology)--Juvenile literature.
- Stress (Psychology).
- Stress management for teenagers--Juvenile literature.
- Stress management for teenagers.
- Adolescent psychology--Juvenile literature.
- Adolescent psychology.
- Teenagers--Life skills guides--Juvenile literature.
- Teenagers.
- Genre:
- Handbooks and guides.
- Juvenile works.
- Life skills guides.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (202 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oakland : New Harbinger Publications, 2023.
- Summary:
- Teens who experience toxic stress--strong, frequent, and prolonged adversity such as family illness or economic hardships, neglect, and abuse--grow up at risk for life-long mental and physical health consequences. Written by an expert in teen mental health, this important workbook offers powerful skills for overcoming trauma and adversity using mindfulness, neuroplasticity, and emotion regulation.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Foreword
- Section I. Your Go-To Trauma and Adversity Toolbox
- What's in Your Toolbox
- Welcome Yourself to This Moment
- Things in This Moment: TITM
- Keeping Safe
- Navigating This Book
- Section II. Your Life Experiences: Toxic Stress, Adversity, and Trauma
- 1. the backstory on pain and stress
- 2. how stress affects your functioning
- 3. toxic stress and your safety
- 4. your adverse youth experiences (AYEs)
- 5. your lifeline: the timeline of your life
- 6. your adversity response
- 7. how resources impact health positively
- 8. dive deeper: the impact of trauma in your life
- 9. responses to trauma
- 10. negative coping and self-harming behaviors
- 11. not having resources hurts your health
- Section III. Navigate Your Adversity: Resource Yourself with Mindfulness-Based Skills
- 12. the power of mindfulness: responding and reacting
- 13. your nervous system in action
- 14. identifying your rocks: the things weighing you down
- 15. your relaxation toolkit
- 16. your brain in action: taking in the good
- 17. grounding yourself: calm and connect
- 18. choice awareness: the actions you take and the choices you make
- 19. managing your anger constructively
- Section IV. Pivot and Start Again: Growing Through Adversity
- 20. setting healthy boundaries
- 21. engaging in self-care to be there for yourself
- 22. cultivating your gratitude garden
- 23. your past does not define your future
- 24. letting go and forgiving
- 25. treating yourself with compassion
- 26. building your tribe: finding those you can trust
- 27. one day at a time: drop your rocks to lighten your load
- 28. the bank of well-being
- 29. resourcing yourself
- 30. controlling the controllables
- Safety Check
- I Need Immediate Assistance Right Now
- References
- About the Authors.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Biegel, Gina M. The Trauma and Adversity Workbook for Teens
- ISBN:
- 9781684037988
- 1684037980
- 9781684037995
- 1684037999
- OCLC:
- 1378938312
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