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How to Nurture a Growth Mindset in Kids: 8 Best Activities
Success. Abundance. Prosperity. Intelligence. Talent. Skill. These are all potential products of a growth mindset. Why is it important to foster this mindset in children? [...]
13 Best Stress Management Books to Manage Anxiety
Managing anxiety and stress can be a daunting task, especially for those who do not have the skills or knowledge to understand where these emotional [...]
10 Best Reality Therapy Techniques, Worksheets, & Exercises
Reality Therapy holds clients responsible for their behavior rather than blaming their environment, parents, or culture (Wubbolding, 2017). Unlike many other treatments, Reality Therapy claims [...]
10+ Best Anxiety Tools for Helping Your Clients Cope
Anxiety is part of our brain’s hardwired threat response, which has helped humans survive for thousands of years. We have all experienced anxiety at some [...]
What Is the Authentic Leadership Style? 3 Real-Life Examples
Being a great leader is no easy job. Talented leaders must balance the input and needs of their followers while still ensuring the collective meets [...]
Workplace Bullying: 24 Examples & Ideas to Support Adults
Few, if any, reasonable adults expect to be bullied after school, but that’s exactly what is happening in the workplace. According to Dr. Gary Namie [...]
Self-Disclosure in Therapy and Counseling: 7 Examples
Sharing personal information with a client during treatment can be helpful or harmful. Self-disclosure is a choice, and its outcome is moderated by the mental [...]
Resilience Counseling: 12 Worksheets to Use in Therapy
Trauma is part of life and will be faced by all of us at some point. While it will lead to prolonged distress for some, [...]
How to Perform Psychoeducation Interventions: 14 Topics
Why? Why? Why? Toddlers’ endless questions, followed by even more questions after every answer, equip them with an understanding of the world around them. We [...]
How to Perform Body Scan Meditation: 3 Best Scripts
A body scan meditation is a specific form of mindfulness meditation that requires the practitioner to focus all of their attention on the body. The [...]