Mindfulness Skills Workbook: Remedies for Worry, Anxiety & Stress - Softcover

Ester R.A. Leutenberg; John J. Liptak EdD

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1570253579 ISBN 13: 9781570253577

Publisher: Whole Person Associates, 2019

Synopsis

Using this Workbook

Free PDF worksheets available
This workbook has been designed as a practical tool for counselors, social workers, teachers, group leaders, therapists, and other helping professionals. Depending on the role of the professional using Mindfulness Skills Workbook: Remedies for Worry, Anxiety & Stress, the modules can be used either individually or as part of an integrated mindfulness curriculum. The facilitator may choose to use this program with clients who need to slow down, live more in the present moment, pay attention rather than live on autopilot, and accept life and others without being judgmental. The activities in this workbook can be used with individual clients or with groups. The techniques used in the assessment tool and self-exploration activities are evidence-based and field-tested. Download free PDFs of the worksheets.

Format of the Workbook

The Mindfulness Skills Workbook: Remedies for Worry, Anxiety & Stress contains a mindfulness assessment and many guided self-exploration activities in the chapters that can be used to enhance mindfulness and create greater well-being. The assessment can be used as a pre-test to discover participants mindful state before training, and then used again as a post-test at the end of training to see the effects of the training. The purpose of this assessment (and any quick assessments throughout the chapters) is not to categorize people, but to allow them to explore various elements that are critical for success in developing mindfulness. This workbook contains self-assessments and not tests. Traditional tests measure knowledge and elicit either right or wrong responses. These assessments ask only for opinions or attitudes about topics related to a variety of coping skills and abilities. In addition to the assessments, each chapter includes a set of guided self-exploration activities to help participants learn how to develop mindfulness in their daily lives. The activities assist participants in self-reflection and the practice of mindfulness techniques. These brief, easy-to-use self-reflection tools are designed to promote insight and self-growth. Many different types of guided self-exploration activities are provided, so you may pick and choose the activities most needed by and most appealing to your participants. Many of the guided self-exploration activities include a journaling component that allows participants to gain insights into themselves and more effective ways of living their lives. The guided self-exploration activities are reproducible; you may photocopy as many pages as you wish for your participants or download the free PDFs for ease of printing.

About this title

About the Author

Ester R.A. Leutenberg has worked in the mental health field for many years as a publisher, author, and advocate for those suffering from loss. She personally experienced a devastating loss when her son Mitchell, after struggling with a mental illness for eight years, died by suicide in 1986. Soon after, as a way of both healing and helping others, Ester co-founded Wellness Reproductions & Publishing with her daughter Kathy Khalsa and began developing therapeutic products that help facilitators help their clients.

With Whole Person Associates, Ester has co-written several books and corresponding card decks including: GriefWork ~ Healing from Loss, Breaking Up is Hard to Do, Creating a Healthy Balanced Life, The Complete Caregiver Support Guide, Life Skills to Help Teens Balance Way Too Much, Motivation, and Veterans - Surviving and Thriving after Trauma, Transitional Life Skills for Teens series, and the Optimal Well-Being for Senior Adults series. Visit WholePerson.com for a complete list.

Ester, a breast cancer survivor since 2003, counsels other survivors in overcoming body and loss issues. Ester is a board member of SOS (Survivors of Suicide) in Tucson, AZ.

John J. Liptak, EdD has many years of experience in providing counseling services to individuals and groups in a variety of settings including job training programs, correctional institutions, colleges, and universities. In addition, John has years of teaching experience as an adjunct professor at Radford University.

John frequently conducts workshops on assessment-related topics. He has written three books on career-related topics. His books have been featured in numerous newspapers including The Washington Post, and The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. His work has also been featured on MSNBC, CNN Radio, and on the PAX/ION television series: Success Without a College Degree.

With Ester and Kathy, he has written three other comprehensive books for teachers and counselors to use with their students and clients: The Self-Esteem Program, The Social Skills Program, and The Stress Management Program: Inventories, Activities & Educational Handouts.

Ester and John continue to co-write workbooks and corresponding card decks in each of these series that help facilitators help their teen and adult participants: Coping, Erasing the Stigma of Mental Health Issues through Awareness, Working With Families, Mental Health & Life Skills, Mind-Body Wellness, and Teen Mental Health & Life Skills, all published by Whole Person Associates. Visit WholePerson.com for a complete list.

Edition details

• Publisher: Whole Person Associates
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1570253579
• ISBN 13: 9781570253577
• Binding: Perfect Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 132