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Anti-Anxiety/Anti-Depression

• Reality Check – Asking yourself these twenty questions will help you screw your head on straight.
• Coping Statements – This simple method can help you to quickly “un-upset” yourself.
• Exchange Vocabulary – This tool was suggested to me by a client who found an exchange diet helpful in changing her eating habits (e.g. eat fruit instead of sweets).  She suggested an exchange vocabulary for thinking straight, so here it is.
• Stress Inoculation – Learn various ways to increase your tolerance for pressure without getting stressed.
• Relaxation Techniques – Here are some simple things you can do to turn off your “danger alarm system”.
• Common Upsetting Beliefs – Most of the time when we feel upset, we are thinking one or more of these “nutty” ideas.
• Homework Assignments – Various techniques for changing at a deep behavioral and emotional level are explained here.
• Finding a Therapist – Suggestions are offered here for finding a therapist with a cognitive-behavioral orientation such as I use in my site.
• Suicidal Thinking – When life doesn’t seem worthwhile, please read these suggestions for many things you can do to foster hope and find help.
• Suggested Readings – Here is a list of books I recommend to my clients and where to get them.

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