Cool Connections with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy: Encouraging Self-esteem, Resilience and Well-being in Children and Young People Using CBT Approaches

FRONT COVER......Page 1
Cool\rConnections\rwith Cognitive\rBehavioural\rTherapy:\rEncouraging Self-esteem, Resilience\rand Well-being in Children and\rYoung People Using CBT Approaches......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
PREFACE\r......Page 11
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS\r......Page 13
Group Facilitators’ Guide\rto the Cool Connections Programme......Page 15
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy......Page 23
Useful Links and References......Page 27
PRE-GROUP\rMATERIAL......Page 29
Pre-group Material Contents......Page 31
Individual recording sheet......Page 32
Assessment tool: What RU like?......Page 34
Cool Connections Programme self-referral form......Page 35
Home activity feedback......Page 36
SESSIONS......Page 39
Session\r1: Getting to Know Each Other......Page 41
Meet the gang......Page 45
All change game......Page 47
Confidentiality......Page 48
Group rules......Page 49
Who am I?......Page 50
Feeling worried......Page 53
Rate yourself......Page 55
‘Flipping your lid’......Page 56
Home Activity 1a: My family......Page 58
Home Activity 1b: Hopes and dreams......Page 59
Session\r2: Identify Different Feelings......Page 61
Feelings frenzy......Page 65
What ‘r’ feelings?......Page 66
Name that feeling......Page 68
Different feelings......Page 69
Act how you feel game......Page 70
Making cool connections......Page 71
Home Activity 2a: How do you feel?......Page 73
Home Activity 2b: Activity and feelings record......Page 74
Session\r3: Body Signals and Biology......Page 77
Tense and floppy game......Page 81
Why body signals?......Page 82
Types of body signals......Page 84
Your own body signals......Page 85
What did your body do?......Page 86
Personal alarms......Page 87
Stay cool and take it easy......Page 89
Experiment 3.1......Page 93
Experiment 3.2......Page 94
Home Activity 3: Body watching......Page 96
Session\r4: Identifying Thoughts......Page 97
Thought whisper game......Page 101
About thoughts......Page 102
Fill in the thought bubbles......Page 104
Different thoughts......Page 105
Thought–feeling cool connections......Page 106
Catching thoughts example......Page 107
Catching thoughts......Page 108
Home Activity 4: Catching thoughts......Page 109
Session\r5: The Connections between Thoughts, Feelings, Body Signals and Actions......Page 111
Hoops......Page 114
The Zog from Zen......Page 115
Your actions......Page 118
Different cool connections......Page 119
Cool connections example......Page 121
My cool connections......Page 122
Cool connections game......Page 124
Home Activity 5a: Quick quiz......Page 126
Home Activity 5b: Cool connections......Page 127
Session\r6: Types of Thinking......Page 129
‘Get knotted’......Page 133
The beautiful hag......Page 134
Are you a Pollyanna?......Page 135
The gloomies......Page 136
Downward diggers......Page 137
My downward digger......Page 139
Helping hands......Page 140
Wise worriers......Page 141
Home Activity 6: Eavesdropping......Page 143
Session\r7: Exploring Thoughts......Page 145
Thought–feeling cool connections......Page 149
Traffic light thinking......Page 150
Red light, green light......Page 152
Red, amber, green......Page 153
Changing those red light thoughts......Page 154
Traffic lights thought contest......Page 155
Example: Red light thought challenge......Page 156
Red light thought challenge......Page 157
Home Activity 7a: Thinking quiz......Page 158
Home Activity 7b: Red light thought challenge......Page 159
Session\r8: Goal Setting......Page 161
Murder mystery......Page 164
IT solutions......Page 165
As clear as mud......Page 166
Hoola hoola......Page 168
Home Activity 8a: Superstars......Page 170
Home Activity 8b: Goal setting......Page 171
Session\r9: Panic Cycles and Safety Seeking Actions......Page 173
The swamp monster......Page 176
Everyone is different......Page 177
Don’t panic!......Page 179
Put safety first!......Page 181
My safety seeking actions......Page 184
Home Activity 9a: Hidden worries......Page 185
Home Activity 9b: What do I do?......Page 186
Session\r10: Facing Your Fears......Page 187
One two I can lace my shoe......Page 190
Feel the fear......Page 191
Cutting your fear down......Page 192
Step by step......Page 194
My step plan......Page 195
Home Activity 10a: Imagine, imagine, imagine......Page 196
Home Activity 10b: How we face our fears......Page 197
Evaluation......Page 199
Re-rate yourself......Page 202
Cool connections evaluation......Page 203
BACK COVER......Page 212