The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Teen Anxiety: Activities to Help You Overcome Fears and Worries Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (Instant Help Book for Teens)

Move past anxiety and discover what really matters to you. Written by three experts in teen mental health, this powerful workbook offers evidence-based activities grounded in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) to help you cope with anxiety, build resilience, stop avoiding the things you fear, and lead a fuller, happier life. Anxiety is what we feel when were scared about some future event that may or may not happen. When youre struggling with anxiety your mind is trying to protect you from danger, so its busy telling you about all the things you cant do. Along with these thoughts come a host of feelings and bodily sensationssuch as sweaty palms, restlessness, lightheadedness, and stomach aches. But its not the anxious thoughts that make anxiety a problem. Its the actions we take, or dont take, as a result of these thoughts. In The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Teen Anxiety, youll find helpful alternatives to the ineffective strategies and habits youre currently using to deal with anxiety, such as avoidance. Youll find basic information about anxiety to help you recognize what it looks and feels like, mindfulness tips to help you stay in the moment when you feel worried about the future, and tips to help you connect with your own values so you can start putting the important things in life first.