Medicine of the Mind: Coping Strategies

By Olivia Celine Gieg

MEDICINE OF THE MIND: COPING STRATEGIES Do you or anyone you know struggle with anxiety, depression, stress and just too many worries? Do you ever get overwhelmed by your emotions? This happens to everybody. You don't need a psychological or medical diagnosis to struggle with your feelings. Everybody does from time to time. This book provides kids, adolescents and their parents with useful, workable suggestions for how to deal with feelings when they interfere with daily life. Medicine of the Mind: Coping Strategies provides an introduction and a guide to the use of coping mechanisms. It provides self-help techniques for kids as well as adults. This is not a medical book but it can be used as an adjunct to any other treatment. It is a form of self-help without side-effects! It is also a source of strategies parents can use with their children. For example, coping skills can help with anxiety or other issues that cause them to struggle. These coping techniques can help: Calm you down so you can focus in school; Get along better with friends and family; Gain self-control; Manage feelings; Improve your social skills; Overcome emotional obstacles; Develop greater self-confidence. Some of the techniques addressed are mindfulness, "worry box", sensory breaks, breathing exercises, role playing, yoga, cognitive behavioral therapy and more!

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1516807073
• ISBN13: 9781516807079
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.1" x 8.5"