Mental Health and Wellness: Ways to Be Proactive Adn Focus on Anxiety and Depression Prevention Vs. Coping with It After Symptoms Happen

By Sara Goetz

Mental health and wellness should start long before anxiety and depression symptoms emerge. It’s much easier and more effective to be proactive with your mental health than trying to overcome symptoms once they start. When it comes to mental health, a holistic approach will have the most effective outcome every time. This book contains information about mental, physical, and spiritual health that will help the reader transform their thoughts, actions and various aspects of their life. Being proactive with one’s overall health puts the individual in control, thus leaving anxiety and depression powerless.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Balboa Press
• Release date: Jul 14, 2021
• ISBN: 9781982270537

Sara Goetz

I am so excited to be sharing this book with you, and I hope that it has touched your hearts the way that it has ours. We love working with our angels and wanted to share some of our experiences that we have had in doing so. Angels are so important to us that I decided to write about them and have my sons Freddy and Aiden illustrate our book. Along with my love for writing, I am a Marriage and Family Therapist, Reiki Master and Spiritual Counselor. Love and Light—Sara, Freddy and Aiden.

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Contents

Introduction

Acknowledgment Of Gratitude

Anxiety Symptoms

Anxiety Sample Causes

Depression Symptoms

Depression Sample Causes

Reflection vs. Analysis

Analysis Paralysis

What Teens Have Said Their Parent’s Do That Help

What Parents Do That Doesn’t Help

Task

Neutral Fact

Action vs. Reaction

The Benefits of Meditation

Meditations Have Been Known To Help With

Popular Types of Meditations

Meditation before Sleep

The Importance of Holistic Approach to Health –

Everything’s Connected

Holistic Health – Power of Food and Vitamins

Vitamins that are a MUST for Mental and Physical Health

Exercise

Vaccines and Mental Health Disorders

Exposure vs. Observing

Perception

Importance of Having Goals

Exposure Therapy

What are your (parent’s) beliefs? Fear based? Faith based?

Modeling

Bring the Focus Back to You

Burnout – Symptoms and Solutions

Success without Fulfillment

6 Human Needs

Expectations

Conditioning

Mindfulness

Cold Therapy

Externalization

Tapping

Constructive vs. Destructive Dialog

Scheduled Conversation about Mental Health and Self-Care

Personal Accountability

Effective/Healthy Boundaries

From Problem Focused to Solution Focused and Focused on Strengths

Solution-Focused Therapy Model

More than Miracles ~ Deshazer, Dolan et al (2007)

Handbook of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy – Thorana Nelson and Frank Thomas (2007)

I am Affirmations

The Power of Intention: I need to, I want to, I am going to

Self-sabotage

Self-Regulation

Archetypes

Conscious Thoughts vs Subconscious Thoughts

Listen to Your Heart

Reflect and Scale Anxiety, Depression Symptoms, and Happiness: (Mood Tracking)

Self-Compassion

Social Media

There are NO Mistakes

The Power of Intuition

Passions/Dreams, Goals, Action Plan

What if…

The Power of Prayer

Anxiety and PTSD Response

Narrative Therapy ~ Externalization

Narrative Therapy Technique

The Miracle Question ~ Solution Focused Therapy Technique

Anxiety Management Worksheet

Depression Coping Skills Worksheet

Erickson’s Crystal Ball Exercise

Future Goal Exercise

A Transformed List Of Tasks: From Being Controlled To Being In Control.

Holistic Health

Exposure Therapy Exercise

Success And Fulfillment

Mood Tracking ~ Scale 1-10 With Small Reasoning

Food As Medicine

Mental Multitasking Worksheet

Journal Writing Prompts

Resources

INTRODUCTION

Most therapists focus on discussing the problem and what coping skills might help after the symptoms occur. This is negative and reactive versus being proactive and focusing on solutions and client’s strengths. Focusing on the positives, self-awareness, solutions and strengths, gives the control back to the client because they are being proactive and developing healthy life habits for mental, physical, emotional and nutritional health. You have the power to change your life. There are natural, holistic things you can do to help!

ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF GRATITUDE

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Lord Jesus, thank you for your support, guidance and ideas on what to include in this book so that I am able to help