by Dr. Lawrence Shapiro | May 20, 2025
This worksheet is designed to help people acknowledge, accept, and manage their obsessive handwashing. The worksheet includes questions to help people identify the nature of their obsessive handwashing and a handwashing log. (0515, OCD, hand-washing)
by Dr. Lawrence Shapiro | May 6, 2025
This tool consists of drawings of four “meditating” animal cards. The user is directed to take five minutes a day to relax by practicing deep breathing and going along the perimeter of the animal with their finger. A QR code on each card can be used to play relaxing music on a phone or tablet. (0525. relaxation techniques, anxiety, anger management)
by Dr. Lawrence Shapiro | May 5, 2025
This worksheet is designed to help people in a relationship learn and practice better listening skills. It describes the skills used in active listening (paying attention, observing, acknowledging, reflecting, etc.) and the listening problems that many couples repeatedly experience when they try to communicate (daydreaming, bickering, insisting on being right, and so on). It asks people to individually think back on a previous conversation and consider the skills they used as well as the communication problems they noticed. The exercise is used as a follow-up to teaching couples new communication skills. (0525, communication, marriage therapy, family therapy)
by Dr. Lawrence Shapiro | May 2, 2025
This memory game asks children to think about how they can remember all of the things they need to do and not get distracted when they are in the middle of doing a task. It also gives them ideas on simple memory aids they can use. (0525. ADHD, working memory distraction)
by Dr. Lawrence Shapiro | May 1, 2025
This parenting script talks about the most important things to remember in helping children who have experienced a loss. It includes tips for helping children and a list of signs that might indicate the child needs professional help. (0525, grief and loss, healing, death)