The DEADS strategies provide a practical framework for managing urges and breaking habitual patterns. The acronym stands for delay, escape, avoid, distract, and substitute. This worksheet explains this technique and asks the user to keep track of his or her urges, the strategies used, and the results of using them. (1123. addiction, urges, impulse control)
This generalized anxiety relaxation script will allow clients to experience the relaxation response, a freeing from tension, and a state of physical and mental calm by focusing on breathing, observing the state of your body, relaxing tense muscles, and meditating to calm your thoughts. The worksheet links to to a 9-minute audio and includes a complete transcript. (1123, audio, relaxation, Spanish language, anxiety, GAD, Generalized Anxiety Disorder)
This checklist can be used as a guide for intake interviews. (1123, practice management, notes, intake)
This checklist can be used by clinicians to make sure they are correctly organizing the paperwork for a new client. (1123, practice management, paperwork, organization)
This worksheet for children ages 8-12 is designed to help them become independent. Independence training has been shown to be one of the most important elements in treating children with anxiety disorders. (1123. anxiety, separation anxiety, GAD)