In this program you will learn more about anxiety and depression and how you, through the use of various tools and strategies, can start to manage these symptoms. The program will take you, step by step, through getting an overview of your symptoms of anxiety and depression, identifying the main causes of stress and worry in your life, and understanding which of your strategies for coping are helpful and which are not. You will then begin using tools from CBT to find better ways of coping with your challenges through identifying your thinking errors, postponing your worries and making simple changes to your daily routines to promote recovery. Over the program you will learn how to make lasting changes techniques and develop healthy new habits for life. The program spans over 12 weeks to allow you the time needed to learn and implement the changes required to improve your mental wellbeing.
About this program
- Weekly Check-Up
- Meet AlexPreview
- My Achievement Goals
- Alex Explains his Symptoms
- First Visit at the Psychologist Office
- Mapping My Symptoms
- Mapping my Symptoms of Depression
- Progressive Muscle Relaxation 1
- Breathing Measurement Chart 1
- Why do Breathing Exercises?
- Breathing Instructions
- Guided Breathing Exercise 1
- Alex's Diary
- My Diary
- Weekly Check-Up
- Alex at the Psychologist Office
- Fight Flight Freeze
- Mapping my Symptoms of Anxiety
- Understanding Hyperventilation and Relaxation
- Breathing Measurement Chart 2
- Guided Breathing Exercise 2
- Progressive Muscle Relaxation 2
- Alex's Diary
- My Diary
- Weekly Check-Up
- Behaviors
- My Behavior Before and Now
- Introduction to Changing Behavior Homework
- Activity Planning Sheet
- Changing Behaviors: Social
- Activity Planning: Social
- Examples of Social Activites
- Changing Behaviors: Diet
- Information About Diet
- Activity Planning: Diet
- Changing Behaviors: Sleep
- Healthy Sleep Advice
- Activity Planning: Sleep
- Guided Sleep 1
- Why is Exercise so Important?
- Changing Behaviors: Exercise
- Inspiration for Physical Activity
- Progressive Muscle Relaxation 3
- Breathing Measurement Chart 3
- Guided Breathing Exercise 3
- Alex's Diary
- My Diary
- Weekly Check-Up
- Worry and Rumination
- Postponement Instructions
- Why Worry Escalates
- Your Postponement Log
- Postponement Periods
- Postponement Log: Worry 1
- Postponement Log: Rumination 1
- Guided Breathing Exercise 4
- Understanding Stress
- My Stress Bucket
- My Three Main Stressors
- Progressive Muscle Relaxation 4
- Alex's Diary
- My Diary
- Weekly Check-Up
- Observation Model
- Explore a Situation that Made You Anxious
- Explore a Situation that Made You Sad/Depressed
- Exploring an Achievement in the Observation Model
- Introduction to Mindfulness
- Focused Attention
- Notice and Return Meditation 1
- Body Scan Exercise 1
- Changing Behavior: Mindfulness
- Activity Planning: Mindfulness
- Postponement Log Reminder
- Postponement Log: Worry 2
- Postponement Log: Rumination 2
- Progressive Muscle Relaxation 5
- Guided Sleep 2
- Alex's Diary
- My Diary
- Weekly Check-Up
- 2nd Level Worry
- Introduction to Homework About 2nd Level Worry
- Mapping Worry About Worry
- Mapping My Worry Supporters
- Notice and Return Meditation 2
- Mapping 2nd Level Worry
- Separating Thoughts from Emotions
- Separating Thoughts from Emotions
- Floating Leaves 1
- Mapping Worry and Rumination Episodes
- Postponement Log: Worry 3
- Postponement Log: Rumination 3
- Progressive Muscle Relaxation 6
- Guided Breathing Exercise 6
- Body Scan Exercise 2
- Guided Sleep 3
- Alex's Diary
- My Diary
- Weekly Check-Up
- Stress Bucket
- Coping Strategies
- Mapping Helpful and Unhelpful Coping Strategies
- Thinking Errors
- Cognitive Biases and Unhelpful Thinking 1
- Info Sheet: Common Thinking Errors, Part 1
- Creating Alternative Thoughts 1
- Body Scan Exercise 3
- Cognitive Biases and Unhelpful Thinking 2
- Info Sheet: Common Thinking Errors, Part 2
- Creating Alternative Thoughts 2
- Progressive Muscle Relaxation 7
- Postponement Log: Worry 4
- Postponement Log: Rumination 4
- Notice and Return Meditation 3
- Breathing Measurement Chart 4
- Guided Breathing Exercise 7
- Guided Sleep 4
- Alex's Diary
- My Diary
- Weekly Check-Up
- Safety Behaviours
- Worry Related Behaviours
- Body Scan Exercise 4
- Identifying Safety Behaviours
- Thoughts and Feelings that Drive Your Safety Behavior
- Guided Breathing Exercise 8
- Postponement Log: Worry 5
- Postponement Log: Rumination 5
- Progressive Muscle Relaxation 8
- Guided Sleep 5
- Alex's Diary
- My Diary
- Weekly Check-Up
- Inner Dialogue
- Creating Supportive Inner Dialogue
- Exploring our Inner Dialogue
- Notice and Return Meditation 4
- Finding the Tool to Deal with the Trigger 1
- Breathing Measurement Chart 5
- Guided Breathing Exercise 9
- Progressive Muscle Relaxation 9
- Guided Sleep 6
- Alex's Diary
- My Diary
- Weekly Check-Up
- Assertiveness
- Assertiveness Techniques
- Assertive Behaviours
- Mapping Unassertive Behaviour
- Floating Leaves 2
- Becoming More Assertive
- Building Healthy Relationships
- Notice and Return Meditation 5
- Progressive Muscle Relaxation 10
- Body Scan Exercise 5
- Guided Breathing Exercise 10
- Guided Sleep 7
- Alex's Diary
- My Diary
- Weekly Check-Up
- Notice and Return Meditation 6
- Introduction to Focus of Attention
- Selective Attention
- Introduction to Internal and External Attention
- Floating Leaves 3
- Creating Habits
- Three Habits I Want to Strengthen
- Body Scan Exercise 6
- Inner Dialogue
- Breathing Measurement Chart 6
- Guided Breathing Exercise 11
- Postponement Log: Worry 6
- Postponement Log: Rumination 6
- Progressive Muscle Relaxation 11
- Alex's Diary
- My Diary
- Weekly Check-Up
- Alex's Journey Throughout This Program
- What Have I Learned?
- Keep Working
- Revisiting Past Triggers
- Finding the Tool to Deal With the Trigger 2
- Revisit Your Goals
- Alex's Diary
- What do I do From Here?