High School Counseling Group: Coping with Anxiety (Final Project) by

Group Rationale

delaneyarbore1 — 2024-01-28 19:49:12 UTC

Video for Thought Distortion Group Activity

delaneyarbore1 — 2024-01-28 20:02:34 UTC

Students will watch this video to learn about 9 common thought distortions and how they impact their feelings, moods and behavior.

Challenging Negative Thoughts Worksheet (Thought Distortion Group Activity)

delaneyarbore1 — 2024-01-28 20:12:56 UTC

Students will use this worksheet to practice challenging and reframing inaccurate/unhelpful thoughts

Thought Distortion Group Activity

delaneyarbore1 — 2024-01-28 20:14:25 UTC

Thought distortions are very common, especially for people who experience anxiety. It will be important for students to learn to recognize their own thought distortions to begin challenging and reframing these unhelpful thoughts to help decrease anxiety.

Strengths Spotting Group Activity

delaneyarbore1 — 2024-01-28 20:36:43 UTC

Self-esteem is often a challenge for adolescents, especially those experiencing anxiety. This group activity focuses on recognizing strengths in ourselves and how we use those strengths to overcome challenges.

Three Good People Worksheet for Strengths Spotting Group

delaneyarbore1 — 2024-01-28 20:39:12 UTC

Students will use this worksheet to practice recognizing strengths in others as well as themselves to begin using a strengths-based mindset to boost self-esteem and confidence.

"The Effect of Solution-Focused Brief Group Counseling on Adolescents' Basic Need Satisfaction and Wellness"

delaneyarbore1 — 2024-01-28 20:54:44 UTC

This article supports the rationale for using a solutions-focused brief group counseling as an intervention for adolescents experiencing anxiety and other mental health challenges. The authors found both quantitative and qualitative data supporting the effectiveness of this type of intervention. For example, participating students reported statistically significant improvement in perceived relatedness, competence and well-being. Furthermore, in a qualitative interview following the intervention, students reported that the group had helped them develop responsibility and self-efficacy, helped increase their happiness and positive thinking, and contributed to their social relationships.

The School Counselor and Group Counseling (ASCA)

delaneyarbore1 — 2024-01-28 21:06:50 UTC

ASCA's position statement on the School Counselor's role in School Counseling is an important document to review before beginning the groups. It emphasizes that School Counselors can provide interventions such as psychoeducation and skill building to address general mental health challenges that impact a student's school performance and functioning outside of the classroom such as anxiety. Further, it states that School Counselors provide short-term interventions rather than long-term counseling to address specific psychological disorders. This will be important for us to keep in mind as different issues arise and information is shared throughout the group process.

"A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of School-Based Stress, Anxiety, and Depression Prevention Programs for Adolescents"

delaneyarbore1 — 2024-01-28 21:16:53 UTC

This article further supports the rationale for the group. The authors found that school-based anxiety prevention programs resulted in a statistically significant reduction in participating students' anxiety symptoms. Another helpful finding was that the results of the interventions in the study did not seem to last long-term. This is important for us to keep in mind so that we focus our group sessions on helping students build skills and change their mindsets so that the group intervention has a longer-lasting impact.

Options for Group Closing Rituals

delaneyarbore1 — 2024-01-28 21:20:51 UTC

This article describes five different options for closing rituals that our group could utilize. Giving students choices is one way to improve group engagement and ownership so it may be effective to give students a choice in which closing ritual they think would be best for the group.

Meeting and Group Logistics

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School Information

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Group Topic & Rationale

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Target Population

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Video for breathing through Anxiety group activity.

jordonbaker1 — 2024-01-29 01:05:45 UTC

Students will watch this video to learn different breathing exercises to help when encountering difficult situations. Students will identify which relaxation skill works best for their anxiety and identify ways to implement their new skill.

Group Anxiety Activity: Coping Skill practice

jordonbaker1 — 2024-01-29 01:19:58 UTC

The goal of this activity is to identify the things you can and cannot control. Students will understand their impact in the circle of life. Students will achieve acceptance; understanding; coping skills and problem skills. Students will gain the skill of inner strength.

SEL Jeopardy: Coping Skill Activity

jordonbaker1 — 2024-01-29 01:30:44 UTC

Fun and interactive way to introduce coping skills to High school students. Each category encourages conversation and engagement.

Snowball Activity: Will be used in Session Two

kasitybailey1 — 2024-01-29 01:33:18 UTC

High school students Battling ADHD and Anxiety

jordonbaker1 — 2024-01-29 01:53:16 UTC

This article highlights exercises you can conduct with students who have a learning disability. The goal of the exercises is to be proactive and create different skills to combat anxiety. Students will learn the importance of journaling and exercising to create balance.

Trigger Identification Worksheet

kasitybailey1 — 2024-01-29 02:02:10 UTC

Stress Test Activity

jordonbaker1 — 2024-01-29 02:03:50 UTC

Students will complete test before group. Counselor will divide students by stress level and encourage students to discuss some of their stressors and how that has effected their everyday lives. The goal is for students to find a connection and with their peers and discover different skills to lower their stress.

Opening, First, Second, and Third Sessions

kasitybailey1 — 2024-01-29 02:13:42 UTC

Grounding Exercise

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Feeling Catcher

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What is Anxiety?

kasitybailey1 — 2024-01-29 02:17:16 UTC