Practices

Every practice in the library, in one list. Narrow it by how long you have, who it is written for, and where you are right now.

Narrowed down

3 practices

Being seen and judged A practitioner Involves someone else Clear all

How long you have

A minute 1 Five minutes 2

Who it is written for · A practitioner

Me 3 A practitioner 3 Someone I care about 1

Where you are right now

Coping, mostly 2 Getting ready for something 1

On your own, or with someone · Involves someone else

On my own 21 Both of us together 4 Involves someone else 3

Theme · Being seen and judged

Medication and how it works 61 Systems for daily life 37 The cost of avoiding 35 Screens and attention 26 Moving your body 21 Treatment and medication 19 Exercise, food and other supports 15 What ADHD actually is 13 What anger actually is 12 Breaking the worry loop 11 Feelings and focus 11 Getting assessed and diagnosed 10 Your sense of time 10 Structure and routine 10 Facing it a step at a time 10 What worry does 10 Your nervous system 10 Food, caffeine and fuel 10 The moment before you snap 9 Grounding and settling 9 Bringing the future closer 8 Growing empathy 7 Breathing 7 Treatment and medication 7 When everything feels flat 7 Get started 7 Cool the body first 7 Choosing your response 7 Equanimity and perspective 7 Emotions as signals 7 Reading, numbers and learning differences 6 Posture and how you carry yourself 5 When you use something to cope 5 Shame and stigma 5 Touch and bodywork 4 Tolerate distress 4 Remembering to do it 4 Being seen and judged 3 Making it stick 3 Obsessions and compulsions 3 Panic and the body 3 Practising under provocation 3 Righteous anger and perfectionism 3 Rest and pacing 2 Feeling from the inside 2 The fear underneath anger 2 Shame 2 Living with uncertainty 1 When you go numb 1

Approach

CBT 2 Narrative 1

Next rung: remark on something in the room. The plant, the noise outside, the length of the queue. Nothing about the person yet, just something out loud about where you both are.

It is the lowest stakes opening there is, because the subject is neutral and the other person can pick it up or leave it. Most of the time a small…

A minuteBeing seen and judgedCBTQur’an 2:264

Give the ladder a name that sounds like yours. Challenges you set yourself land completely differently from tasks you have been handed.

Write the steps out with whoever is helping rather than receiving a finished list. The words matter more than they should: a challenge invites you to…

Five minutesBeing seen and judgedCBTQur’an 5:54

Being articulate is not the same as being alright. Plenty of people who talk easily one to one are barely holding it together in the rooms that actually frighten them.

This is where families and clinicians get it wrong most often. Someone speaks well in a quiet office, so the fear gets marked down as mild, and the…

Five minutesBeing seen and judgedNarrativeQur’an 40:19

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