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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.

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7 practices
What worry does remove filterInvolves someone else remove filterAny ordinary day remove filterClear all
How long you have
Five minutes 6Twenty minutes 1
Who it is written for
A practitioner 7Someone I care about 6Me 1
Where you are right now
Coping, mostly 6Struggling right now 1
On your own, or with someone · Involves someone else
On my own 19Involves someone else 7
Theme · What worry does
Medication and how it works 53Systems for daily life 26The cost of avoiding 20Moving your body 17Exercise, food and other supports 13Screens and attention 12Knowing your partner 12What ADHD actually is 10Food, caffeine and fuel 10Shared spiritual life 9Breaking the worry loop 9Listening and understanding 9Your sense of time 8Bringing the future closer 8Treatment and medication 8Feelings and focus 8Structure and routine 8Rituals of connection 7What worry does 7Facing it a step at a time 7The moment before you snap 7Breathing 7Affection and touch 6Cool the body first 6Get started 6Getting assessed and diagnosed 5Growing empathy 5Reading, numbers and learning differences 5Your nervous system 5Posture and how you carry yourself 4Touch and bodywork 4Treatment and medication 4When you use something to cope 4Rebuilding trust 4What anger actually is 4When everything feels flat 4Equanimity and perspective 4Being seen and judged 3Shame and stigma 3Remembering to do it 3Making it stick 3Choosing your response 3Answering bids 2Tolerate distress 2Panic and the body 2Obsessions and compulsions 2Grounding and settling 2Gratitude 2Fondness and admiration 2Emotions as signals 2Staying regulated in conflict 2Righteous anger and perfectionism 2Rest and pacing 1Feeling from the inside 1Repair after rupture 1Shame 1
When · Any ordinary day
Any ordinary day 7Under stress 2When apart 1

The worst symptom is not always the one that costs the most. Ask what actually stops you doing things, and start there.

Someone might rate their racing thoughts as the worst of it and still be turning down every meeting because they go red in the face. If you are…

Five minutesWhat worry doesCBTQur’an 2:186

When someone is genuinely distressed by what happens on their phone, treat it as a reading of their anxiety rather than as a complaint about screen time.

For a lot of people, younger ones especially, the phone is where most of the social risk now lives: being left out, compared, watched, judged.…

Five minutesWhat worry doesCBTQur’an 93:3

Listen to the tone, not only the content. Sorrow and flat negativity about someone's online world can be the clearest reading of their mood you will get.

If most of a person's social life happens online, how they talk about it is a fair guide to how they are. Weariness, bleakness, no pleasure left in…

Five minutesWhat worry doesCBTQur’an 94:6

When a young person seems impossible to satisfy, the complaining is usually a symptom rather than ingratitude. Saying that plainly to a parent changes what they feel.

Parents worn down by years of grumbling often arrive carrying a resentment they are ashamed of. Naming the negativity as part of an illness gives…

Five minutesWhat worry doesCBTQur’an 4:28

Treat the whole of social media as poison and you will never hear anything true about it again. Some of what happens there is genuinely good for people.

Drawing, making things, finding others who share an unusual interest, keeping up with people who live far away: none of that needs fixing. What…

Five minutesWhat worry doesCBTQur’an 6:17

Parents see an adult sized person and assume adult sized judgement. It helps to say out loud that the wiring is still being finished well past eighteen.

The look of the young person is doing the arguing, and it is very persuasive, so only a plain statement will counter it. Say that the parts used for…

Five minutesWhat worry doesCBTQur’an 2:286

When you assess a young person, take a reading of the adults as well: what they understand about the world their child lives in, and how comfortable they are in it.

A good deal of what arrives as the presenting problem is really a mismatch. A parent reads something ordinary as alarming, or something serious as…

Twenty minutesWhat worry doesCBTQur’an 12:86

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