Overview
Between school, friends, and planning for the future, itās easy to feel stressed out. Written by a psychotherapist specializing in mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) and featuring brand new exercises, The Stress Reduction Workbook for Teens, Second Edition shows how mindfulness skills can help you relax, prioritize, and keep calm during stressful times.
Your teenage years are some of the most stressful of your life. With pressure about grades at school, parents who just donāt seem to get it, dating, and friends who drive you crazy, itās no wonder. But here's the good news! If you learn a few strategies for getting stress under control now, youāll have the skills you need to deal with problems and difficult feelings that life sends your wayāin high school and beyond.
The Stress Reduction Workbook for Teens is a collection of simple workbook activities that will teach you to reduce your worries using a technique called mindfulness. Mindfulness is a way to be aware of your thoughts and feelings in the present moment. You can use mindfulness when you start to feel as though things are spinning out of control, so you can stop worrying about what might happen and focus instead on whatās happening now.
If youāre like many people, you find it easy to look at your negative qualities or feel there is no way to fix your problems or stress. This book is about building on the resources, skills, and positive qualities that you might not even realize you have. It is a way to move from āI'm powerlessā thinking to āI can do it!ā thinking.
Hundreds of teens in mindfulness-based stress reduction classes have used activities like the ones in this book, and here is what some of them have said:
āI have learned to let things go and move on from bad experiences.ā
āI felt that the coping skills learned are easy enough and effective enough to be used when I need. I now feel at the very least that I have the ability to reduce my stress.ā
āI learned new and different ways to stay relaxed and how to deal with stress and now I donāt worry much.ā
If they can do it, so can you! By practicing the skills outlined in this workbook, you'll be well on your way to developing lasting resilience and a new kind of strengthāone that comes from within. Why not get started today?
This book has been selected as an Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Self-Help Book Recommendationāan honor bestowed on outstanding self-help books that are consistent with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) principles and that incorporate scientifically tested strategies for overcoming mental health difficulties. Used alone or in conjunction with therapy, our books offer powerful tools readers can use to jump-start changes in their lives.
This book title, The Stress Reduction Workbook for Teens (Mindfulness Skills to Help You Deal with Stress), ISBN: 9781684030187, by Gina M. Biegel, published by New Harbinger Publications (August 1, 2017) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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