Mood Management Leader's Manual : A Cognitive-Behavioral Skills-Building Program for Adolescents

by Carol A. Langelier

• ISBN13: 9780761922971
• ISBN10: 0761922970
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-09
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc

Summary

"""Mood Management" is a skills-building program designed to help adolescents learn to effectively manage difficult emotions such as anger, depression, anxiety, and low self-esteem. On the basis of cognitive behavioral counseling theory. It stresses the importance of practicing the skills introduced in each unit of the Skills Workbook to achieve and maintain emotional wellness. Skills Workbook is primarily written from the perspective of a classroom guidance or group-counseling program, clinicians can easily adapt the information in the Skills Workbook to facilitate individual therapy. The workbook contains transparency, which provides visual references to help the adolescent.

Table of Contents

How to Use the Skills Workbook	ix
Acknowledgments	xviii
Introduction	1	(1)
Time Out for Discussion	2	(1)
A Few Ground Rules	3	(1)
Time Out for Discussion II	4	(1)
The Basic Building Blocks	5	(8)
Time Out for Discussion	7	(2)
Skill Session - Setting Goals for Emotional Wellness	9	(1)
Key Points to Remember	10	(1)
Weekly Assignment - Setting Personal Goals	11	(1)
Before We Move On - Review & Preview	12	(1)
A Closer Look at Emotional Wellness	13	(9)
Time Out for Discussion	15	(3)
Skill Session - Making General Goals More Specific	18	(1)
Key Points to Remember	19	(1)
Weekly Assignment - Setting More Specific Goals	20	(1)
Before We Move On - Review & Preview	21	(1)
The Emotional ``Traffic Jams'' of Adolescence	22	(10)
Time Out for Discussion	24	(3)
Skill Session - Recognizing the Five Roads	27	(1)
Key Points to Remember	28	(1)
Weekly Assignment - Recognizing the Five Roads	29	(2)
Before We Move On - Review & Preview	31	(1)
Clearing Up Those Traffic Jams	32	(11)
Time Out for Discussion	34	(5)
Skill Session - Thoughts, Feelings, & Behaviors	39	(1)
Key Points to Remember	40	(1)
Weekly Assignment - Thoughts, Feelings, & Behaviors	41	(1)
Before We Move On - Review & Preview	42	(1)
The Cyclones of the Emotional Mind	43	(22)
Time Out for Discussion	45	(2)
Time Out for Discussion II	47	(7)
Skill Session Part A - Negative Emotional Cycles	54	(1)
Skill Session Part B - Mapping Out Your Own Emotional Cycle	55	(1)
Key Points to Remember	56	(1)
Weekly Assignment Part A - Recognizing Negative Emotional Cycles	57	(1)
Weekly Assignment Part B - Mapping Out Your Own Emotional Cycle	58	(6)
Before We Move On - Review & Preview	64	(1)
The Battle Lines Are Drawn	65	(22)
Time Out for Discussion	69	(4)
Time Out for Discussion II	73	(2)
Skill Session - Challenging Your Emotional Mind	75	(3)
Key Points to Remember	78	(1)
Weekly Assignment - Challenging	79	(7)
Before We Move On - Review & Preview	86	(1)
Lights, Camera...Action!!	87	(12)
Time Out for Discussion	94	(1)
Skill Session - Making an Action Plan	95	(1)
Key Points to Remember	96	(1)
Weekly Assignment - Action Plans	97	(2)
Appendix A: Challenging Maps	99	(18)
Appendix B: Action Plans	117	(10)
Appendix C: Thought Records	127	(10)
Appendix D: Transparency Masters	137	(19)
About the Author	156