About the Program

Anxiety

juvenile male edition

Resources Assessment Worksheets Workbooks
CS1 Coping Skills For Emergencies Clients learn to identify their own highest risk situations, the cues that they are becoming at higher risk, what they will do to cope effectively, and then practice these new coping skills until they are confident they will work. Included in these skills are thought stopping, conflict avoidance and “escape” skills, and a comprehensive set of “refusal skills.” PDF
CS1b Critical coping skills (individual lessons) Critical coping skills lessons (thought stopping, thought switching, etc.), including lesson plans, skills practice activities and instructor’s scripts. PDF
CS4 Coping Skills, Set 3: Techniques For Handling Uncomfortable Feelings and Thoughts Provides guidance in mastery of thirteen coping skills important for relapse prevention. PDF
CS4b Breathing/Relaxation skills (individual lessons) Critical coping skills lessons (breathing/relaxation skills), including lesson plans, skills practice activities and instructor’s scripts. PDF
CS4c Creative visualization and relaxation (individual lessons) Critical coping skills lessons (creative visualization and relaxation), including lesson plans, skills practice activities and instructor’s scripts. PDF
CS10 Reducing Your Risk Workbook for reducing consequences of behaviors.< PDF
ST1 “Downers”: “stinking thinking” and low self-esteem (#1)

51 separate “stinking thinking” issues are addressed in this series, using worksheets for cognitive restructuring. Each lesson provides examples of this form of cognitive distortion, asks participants to examine their own thinking, then guides the examination—including consequences. Worksheets guide the development of new ways of thinking and responding.

Counselors are provided tools to help select appropriate lessons for use with individual or groups. Major topic areas include criminal thinking, negativity, manipulation of others, and issues which emerge in recovery programs and groups.

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ST2 “Stinking thinking” and other people (controlling, anger, and dishonesty) (#2) PDF
ST3 “Stinking thinking”...and people in recovery (#3) PDF
ST6 Stinking Thinking And Gang Activity PDF
ST4 “Stinking Thinking” Review Review sheet for ST1, ST2, and ST3 PDF
ST5 Positive Self-Talk Practical workbook for addressing negative thinking. PDF
F3 Anxiety and Fear Identifies client anxiety symptoms, issues, stressors, and triggers. Topics include fears, phobias, and unnecessary worries. Links anxiety to dependencies. PDF
SD2 "What’s wrong with ‘people pleasing’?" Addresses specific issues in dependent relationships. Addresses people pleasing as a form of codependent behavior, a manipulation and control issue, and as a form of compensating for underlying issues (including low-self-esteem). PDF
DI11 “What’s wrong with my feelings?”—Problems with anxiety, dependency, and helplessness This workbook guides self-analysis of: (1) experiences with anxiety and worry; (2) anxiety concerning masculinity; (3) thinking underlying helplessness and relapse; (4) feelings of helplessness. Clients develop action plan for addressing issues of helplessness. PDF
CS3 Coping skills set 2: establishing a safer environment Clients are guided to identify their most dangerous temptations, high risk people, places, things, feelings, and situations. They will identify areas of continued vulnerability to old temptations. Clients will complete action plans to avoid high risk people, places, things, and situations. PDF
SA2 Self-awareness: examining your pattern or cycle in detail Provides basic vocabulary for substance abuse treatment. Explains typical patterns of dependencies and relapse. Guides clients to examine past use and stages in personal relapse "cycle." Clients identify vulnerabilities, specific triggers to past difficulties, and "stinking thinking" (about self, about other people, not being realistic, negative thinking about the future, etc.). Clients describe how feelings of discomfort have been dealt with, how isolation may have been a contributing factor in past difficulties, typical patterns of "build up" toward relapse, the need for control of uncomfortable feelings, and steps taken in the past to achieve that feeling of control, and how they began to plan or "set themselves up" for relapse. Additionally, clients describe the specific temptations experienced in various categories, their most common harmful behaviors or dependencies, their thinking, feelings, and behavior after relapse, and issues resulting from relapse. PDF
FD3 Control! Identifies and addresses range of controlling behaviors and control issues and links controlling with dependencies. Topics include need to control feelings and controlling of others. PDF
SP3 Learning how to keep life in balance Workbook guides clients to: (1) evaluate cues that they are out of balance; (2) develop a balance of activities and friendships; (3) identify specific ways to keep today in balance; (4) change the balance from dependence to independence. PDF
DI8 “What’s wrong with ‘people pleasing’?” Addresses specific issues in dependent relationships. Addresses people pleasing as a form of codependent behavior, a manipulation and control issue, and as a form of compensating for underlying issues (including low-self-esteem) PDF
DI9 “What’s wrong with trying to ‘fit in’?—Issues with conformity and rigidity 4 hours; addresses issues of over-conformity and ”hiding” by apparent conformity, including underlying self-confidence issues. In addition, it helps clients examine over-rigidity (personal and interpersonal inflexibility) and its’ relationship to compulsive behaviors. PDF
CS2 Coping skills for relapse prevention, set 1: techniques for use when you are at greatest risk Provides guidance and practice in mastery of seven emergency skills - to address areas of temptation to relapse (or to act out anger, etc.). Guides the development of personal action plan for use of immediate measures at highest risk situations. PDF
CS9 Managing Your Stress Basic stress management workbook, including self-examination, symptoms awareness, identification of triggers, underlying stressors and lifestyle issues, evaluation of past coping, and introduction to several key coping skills. (5 hours) PDF