Coping Power and Mindfulness with adolescents

Foreword

PART 1

Coping Power and Mindfulness with Adolescents

Introduction

Coping Power – Core Elements of All Sessions with Young People

• Session 1 – Getting to know the group: Who are we and what are we doing here?


• Session 2 – Building group cohesion and introducing rules: What helps us feel good together?


• Session 3 – Group rules and setting personal goals


• Session 4 – Introducing emotions: How, what, why? Everything you wanted to know about emotions


• Session 5 – How to recognise emotions


• Session 6 – Spotlight on anger


• Session 7 – Before and after: What happens when I lose control


• Session 8 – Emergency! Ready-to-use strategies for critical situations


• Session 9 – Creating space between uncomfortable triggers and reactions


• Session 10 – What do I think when I lose control?


• Session 11 – Same situation, different points of view


• Session 12 – Unmasking anger


• Session 13 – Introduction to problem solving


• Session 14 – Turn off autopilot: think about the consequences


• Session 15 – Putting problem solving into action


• Session 16 – Learning how to make friends


• Session 17 – Resisting peer pressure: learning to say no


• Session 18 – Who am I? Who do I want to be?

• Anxiety? What’s underneath...

• Chapter 1 – First meeting: exploring homework routines and the school relationship


• Chapter 2 – Managing parental stress


• Chapter 3 – Parent–child relationships


• Chapter 4 – Rules and consequences


• Chapter 5 – Using Compassion Focused Therapy with parents of adolescents with behavioural problems


• Chapter 6 – Compassion-based activities for parents of adolescents with externalising behaviours