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.

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4 practices

What worry does Twenty minutes Clear all

How long you have · Twenty minutes

A minute 6 Five minutes 23 Twenty minutes 4 Longer 1

Who it is written for

A practitioner 4 Me 3 Someone I care about 3

Where you are right now

Coping, mostly 2 Struggling right now 2

On your own, or with someone

Involves someone else 3 On my own 1

Theme · What worry does

Systems for daily life 38 Medication and how it works 30 Moving your body 26 Treatment and medication 19 Screens and attention 18 Getting assessed and diagnosed 17 Get started 17 What ADHD actually is 17 Feelings and focus 16 The cost of avoiding 15 Your nervous system 14 Reading, numbers and learning differences 14 Food, caffeine and fuel 11 Exercise, food and other supports 10 What anger actually is 10 Your sense of time 10 Bringing the future closer 9 Touch and bodywork 8 The moment before you snap 8 Shared spiritual life 7 Emotions as signals 6 Grounding and settling 6 The fear underneath anger 6 Tolerate distress 6 Shame 6 Cool the body first 6 Breaking the worry loop 6 Breathing 5 Facing it a step at a time 5 Remembering to do it 5 When you use something to cope 5 When everything feels flat 5 Staying regulated in conflict 5 Shame and stigma 5 Repair after rupture 4 Being seen and judged 4 Choosing your response 4 Growing empathy 4 When anger turns to harm 4 Righteous anger and perfectionism 4 Rituals of connection 4 What worry does 4 Practising under provocation 3 Use your strengths 3 Anger, alcohol and the body 3 Equanimity and perspective 3 Structure and routine 3 Making it stick 3 Knowing your partner 3 Rebuilding trust 3 Obsessions and compulsions 2 Posture and how you carry yourself 2 Feeling from the inside 2 Letting it out safely 2 Answering bids 2 Rest and pacing 1 Safety and grounding 1 Keep the bond 1 Care for yourself in loss 1 Treatment and medication 1 Question the thought 1 What you are actually defending 1 Living with uncertainty 1 Listen to the body 1

When

Any ordinary day 2 When apart 1 Under stress 1

Once the surge is up it takes something like a quarter of an hour to drop, and nothing sensible said inside that window will land. Give it the time first.

This is the point where a parent, a partner or a friend reaches for reasons, and the reasons make it worse. Keep your words few, stay nearby, offer…

Twenty minutesWhat worry doesCBTQur’an 13:28

The mind that runs ahead into everything that could go wrong is the same mind that plans well, sees round corners and has things ready in time. One trait, pointed in two directions.

If you have been told all your life that you overthink, it is worth saying plainly that this trait has served you. The aim is not to flatten it. It…

Twenty minutesWhat worry doesCBTQur’an 6:59

Pulling away from people sits upstream of a good deal: low mood, social fear, and the slow shrinking of where someone is willing to go. Whatever the eventual label, getting a person back into contact is rarely wasted work.

You do not need the diagnosis settled before you start. One regular arrangement with one person, at a fixed time, somewhere easy to reach, does work…

Twenty minutesWhat worry doesCBTQur’an 2:186

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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