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

2 practices

Screens and attention Coping, mostly When apart Clear all

How long you have

Twenty minutes 1 Longer 1

Who it is written for

Someone I care about 2 A practitioner 2

On your own, or with someone

Both of us together 1 Involves someone else 1

Theme · Screens and attention

Emotions as signals 2 Screens and attention 2 Feelings and focus 1 Growing empathy 1

When · When apart

Any ordinary day 26 After a row 3 When apart 2 Something good 1

If you want a way back in with a teenager who has gone quiet, ask them to show you the game. Not to assess it. Just to be shown something they are good at.

It works because it asks almost nothing of them. No eye contact, no explaining how they feel, no returning to whatever the last argument was about.…

Twenty minutesScreens and attentionCBTQur’an 31:19

Pick one series and watch it together on the same evening each week. The point is not the programme. It is that something puts the two of you in the same room on purpose.

With an older teenager or a young adult, a set night can carry a relationship through stretches when talking is hard. Some weeks you will pause it…

LongerScreens and attentionCBTQur’an 33:35

Looking for a whole subject rather than a single practice? Start from the nine areas.