Some Helpful Resources for Optimizing Mental Health

 In Crisis or Feeling Suicidal?  Call or text 988  – 24/7 confidential anonymous emotional support (if the Responder you get isn’t right for you – hang-up and call again)

• Self-Care

  • Self-Care Assessment

  • What are Your Values?

  • Learn How to Meditate (free course)

• Sleep

  • Sleep Diary Log

  • Sleep Hygiene Overview 

  • Sleep and Circadian Rhythm

• Emotional Regulation

  • TIPP: Immediate Help for Big Emotion/Overwhelm/Crisis (video)   TIPP Printable Handout

  • Living within the Window of Tolerance Diagrams and Self-Regulation Strategies

  • More on Understanding your Window of Tolerance

  • The Window of Tolerance and PTSD 

  • Hypoarousal Coping Strategies

  • Dr. Dan Siegel’s Hand Model of the Brain

• Neuroscience Backed Techniques – Train Your Brain

  • Rick Hanson’s Method for “Taking in the Good” – Resourcing Yourself – a 1 minute challenge

• Relationships

  • C.A.R.E. Relational Assessment

  • Signs of Healthy Relationships

  • Signs of Unhealthy Relationships

  • Digital Relationships – Healthy vs. Unhealthy

• Young Adults/Teens

  What are your Values?

  FAST – Self Respect

  Tips for Healthy Boundaries (video)

  Boundary Exploration Personal Values
  Interpersonal Effectiveness Skills  
  How to Ask for What You Want or Need

  What’s really happening in the teenage brain?
  Effects of Alcohol on the Developing/Teen Brain – The Facts

   

• For Couples

  • Start Tracking Your Negative Interaction Cycle and Name it to Tame it

  • Avoid the Four Horseman for Better Relationships – Gottman

  • A Call for Change 877-898-3411

    Rather than harming your partner, call for help 10 am – 5 pm.  A Call For Change is a free, anonymous, and confidential intimate partner abuse prevention helpline, serving adults and teens. Are you wondering if your relationship is safe or if you have controlled or intimidated your partner?  Do you have questions about the way you are seeking sexual consent? Are you a family member or friend worried that someone you know is hurting their partner?