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The Conflict Management Skills Workbook: Self-Assessments, Exercises and Educational Handouts
presented by John J. Liptak, fl. 1990 and Ester A. Leutenberg, fl. 2010 (Duluth, MN: Whole Person Associates, 2010, originally published 2010), 122 page(s)
Conflict is a basic fact of life. Because conflicts are disagreements resulting from people or groups having differences in attitudes, beliefs, values, or needs, conflict is inevitable. Conflict itself is not a bad thing, as long as the conflict is managed effectively. The self-assessments, exercises, and journali...
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presented by John J. Liptak, fl. 1990 and Ester A. Leutenberg, fl. 2010 (Duluth, MN: Whole Person Associates, 2010, originally published 2010), 122 page(s)
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Conflict is a basic fact of life. Because conflicts are disagreements resulting from people or groups having differences in attitudes, beliefs, values, or needs, conflict is inevitable. Conflict itself is not a bad thing, as long as the conflict is managed effectively. The self-assessments, exercises, and journaling activities in this book will take participants through a unique negotiations model. This model helps participants learn about their...
Conflict is a basic fact of life. Because conflicts are disagreements resulting from people or groups having differences in attitudes, beliefs, values, or needs, conflict is inevitable. Conflict itself is not a bad thing, as long as the conflict is managed effectively. The self-assessments, exercises, and journaling activities in this book will take participants through a unique negotiations model. This model helps participants learn about their beliefs surrounding conflict, identify their preferred style for managing conflict, examine active listening skills, identify the situations that trigger conflict, and recognize their negotiation style for what they want and need. Divided into five sections, participants look at: beliefs about conflict, conflict management styles, listening for meaning, hot buttons, and negotiation style. Each section serves as an avenue for individual self-reflection, as well as for group experiences revolving around identified topics of importance. Each assessment includes directions for easy administration, scoring, and interpretation. Also included are exploratory activities, reflective journaling activities, and educational handouts to help participants discover their habitual effective and ineffective conflict management skills. Finally, instruction is provided for enhancing participants most critical weaknesses when attempting to prevent or resolve real-life conflicts.
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Field of Study
Counseling & Therapy
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
John J. Liptak, fl. 1990, Ester A. Leutenberg, fl. 2010
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
Whole Person Associates
Topic / Theme
Social issues, Family and relationships, Theory, Interpersonal communication, Conflict, Life skills
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Coping With Anxiety Workbook
presented by John J. Liptak, fl. 1990 and Ester A. Leutenberg, fl. 2010 (Duluth, MN: Whole Person Associates, 2011, originally published 2011), 90 page(s)
Anxiety is becoming increasingly prevalent in our modern society. Research indicates that the number of people suffering from anxiety disorders continues to increase. Many trends and forces are at work to contribute to feelings of fear and anxiety in people. Fear and anxiety are experiences that are familiar to us...
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presented by John J. Liptak, fl. 1990 and Ester A. Leutenberg, fl. 2010 (Duluth, MN: Whole Person Associates, 2011, originally published 2011), 90 page(s)
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Anxiety is becoming increasingly prevalent in our modern society. Research indicates that the number of people suffering from anxiety disorders continues to increase. Many trends and forces are at work to contribute to feelings of fear and anxiety in people. Fear and anxiety are experiences that are familiar to us all, but for many people anxiety becomes a serious problem. The Coping with Anxiety Workbook contains assessments and guided self-expl...
Anxiety is becoming increasingly prevalent in our modern society. Research indicates that the number of people suffering from anxiety disorders continues to increase. Many trends and forces are at work to contribute to feelings of fear and anxiety in people. Fear and anxiety are experiences that are familiar to us all, but for many people anxiety becomes a serious problem. The Coping with Anxiety Workbook contains assessments and guided self-exploration activities, including an anxiety scale, that can be used with a variety of populations to help participants cope more effectively with various forms of anxiety. Each chapter begins with an annotated table of contents with notes and examples for the facilitator. Each chapter contains two primary elements: 1. A set of assessments, including an anxiety scale, to help participants gather information about themselves in a focused situation, and 2. A set of guided self-exploration activities to help participants process information and learn more effective ways of behaving to cope with anxiety in their lives. The activities are divided into four chapters to help you identify and select assessments easily and quickly. Chapter 1: Anxiety Triggers helps participants identify and learn to recognize their anxiety triggers. Chapter 2: Fear Factor helps participants identify and explore the intensity of their fears. Chapter 3: Anxiety Symptoms helps participants identify and explore how they experience symptoms of anxiety. Chapter 4: Coping with Anxiety helps participants understand how effectively they are preventing and coping with anxiety in life. All of the guided activates are fully reproducible for use with your clients/participants.
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Field of Study
Counseling & Therapy
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
John J. Liptak, fl. 1990, Ester A. Leutenberg, fl. 2010
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
Whole Person Associates
Topic / Theme
Psychological issues, Fear, Coping behavior, Anxiety disorders, Fearfulness, Anxiety, Behavior therapy
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Coping With Stress In The Workplace
presented by John J. Liptak, fl. 1990 and Ester A. Leutenberg, fl. 2010 (Duluth, MN: Whole Person Associates, 2014, originally published 2014), 94 page(s)
In today’s economy, almost everyone feels workplace stress. While a little stress is to be expected, even though motivating, too much stress can interfere with both productivity and motivation, and can impact employee (and employer) mental, emotional and physical health. Even the perfect job has stressful deadli...
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presented by John J. Liptak, fl. 1990 and Ester A. Leutenberg, fl. 2010 (Duluth, MN: Whole Person Associates, 2014, originally published 2014), 94 page(s)
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In today’s economy, almost everyone feels workplace stress. While a little stress is to be expected, even though motivating, too much stress can interfere with both productivity and motivation, and can impact employee (and employer) mental, emotional and physical health. Even the perfect job has stressful deadlines and other seemingly unreasonable expectations.People experience stress in the workplace in three primary ways: 1) Stress generated...
In today’s economy, almost everyone feels workplace stress. While a little stress is to be expected, even though motivating, too much stress can interfere with both productivity and motivation, and can impact employee (and employer) mental, emotional and physical health. Even the perfect job has stressful deadlines and other seemingly unreasonable expectations.People experience stress in the workplace in three primary ways: 1) Stress generated from within a person; 2) Stress generated from the work environment; and 3) Stress from a poor job fit. When these sources of stress are ignored, they can lead to accidents in the workplace, injuries, and even more stress. Stress from one of these sources can be difficult to overcome, but stress from more than one of these sources can be debilitating. In order to deal with all of the various types of stress in the workplace, it will help to understand workplace stress and acquire tools and techniques for managing it. The Coping with Stress in the Workplace Workbook provides assessments and self-guided activities to help participants learn useful skills for coping with the various forms of stress in the workplace.The four chapters include:Workplace Sources of Stress, Stress-Prone Personality, Work Habits, Workplace Relationships
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Field of Study
Counseling & Therapy
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
John J. Liptak, fl. 1990, Ester A. Leutenberg, fl. 2010
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
Whole Person Associates
Topic / Theme
Work, Theory, Psychological issues, Work settings, Work behavior, Coping behavior, Stress management, Stress
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Creating A Healthy Balanced Life: Unique Facilitator Reproducible Activities and Handouts
presented by Sandra Negley, fl. 2011 and Ester A. Leutenberg, fl. 2010 (Duluth, MN: Whole Person Associates, 2011, originally published 2011), 122 page(s)
Living a healthy, balanced life is a process that happens moment-to-moment, day-to-day, and is filled with surprises and challenges. It is not something that can be placed on a scale and then equally divided between our relationships, work, recreation, and self. Our daily choices guide us in balancing our life. Wh...
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presented by Sandra Negley, fl. 2011 and Ester A. Leutenberg, fl. 2010 (Duluth, MN: Whole Person Associates, 2011, originally published 2011), 122 page(s)
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Living a healthy, balanced life is a process that happens moment-to-moment, day-to-day, and is filled with surprises and challenges. It is not something that can be placed on a scale and then equally divided between our relationships, work, recreation, and self. Our daily choices guide us in balancing our life. When we become more present in our daily thoughts and actions we can create a healthier, more harmonious balance, and take personal contr...
Living a healthy, balanced life is a process that happens moment-to-moment, day-to-day, and is filled with surprises and challenges. It is not something that can be placed on a scale and then equally divided between our relationships, work, recreation, and self. Our daily choices guide us in balancing our life. When we become more present in our daily thoughts and actions we can create a healthier, more harmonious balance, and take personal control of our life. The ultimate goal of Creating a Healthy Balanced Life is to provide the therapist, group facilitator, or lay leader ideas and resources for facilitating individual or group sessions on living a healthy balanced life. The authors approached the subject with the understanding that every individual has their own definition of health and balance, as well as their own picture of what a healthy balanced life might look like. Using current literature, personal clinical practice, and life-experience, the authors designed this book as a framework for presenting key topics to help enhance the quality of life for others. The book is divided into five chapters: The Mind Body Soul – balancing life begins and ends with the self. When an understanding of what lies within is established, a person can make choices and take action toward a healthier more balanced way of living. Attitude – approaching life with a positive attitude allows us to be open to what each day brings and to acknowledge our many blessings. Living a healthy balanced life becomes a natural process when we approach each day with optimism and excitement. Stress-less – stress is part of everyone’s life. The goal to a healthy balanced life is not to eliminate stress, but to learn how to manage it by developing coping skills, simplifying, and creating an awareness of our responses to the world around us. Relationships – surrounding ourselves with people who help us make meaning out of our talents and strengths, and who support us in sharing who we are in the world are critically important in living a healthy balanced life. Leisure/Recreation/Play – in order to stay healthy and balanced there as to be an outlet, a release for the mind and body. Through recreation and play this release can be witnessed by tears of laughter, exhaustion from physical movement or silence to focus the mind. Each chapter includes unique activities and handouts utilizing eight styles of learning so you can successfully engage all of your clients and groups on a journey toward a healthy balanced life. Creating a Healthy Balanced Life includes eight different styles of activities. These have been integrated to facilitate exploration of a multiplicity of concepts within each chapter’s topic. They include: worksheets, cards, checklists, meditation, journaling, creative expression, quotations, and sentence starters.
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Field of Study
Counseling & Therapy
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Sandra Negley, fl. 2011, Ester A. Leutenberg, fl. 2010
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
Whole Person Associates
Topic / Theme
Psychological issues, Personal attitude, Self-care, Relationships, Stress, Mindfulness
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Erasing the Stigma of Mental Health Issues Through Awareness, Managing Moods Workbook
presented by John J. Liptak, fl. 1990 and Ester A. Leutenberg, fl. 2010, in Erasing the Stigma of Mental Health Issues Through Awareness (Duluth, MN: Whole Person Associates, 2014, originally published 2014), 126 page(s)
People experience many different problems related to mood. The assessments and activities in this workbook are designed to provide facilitators with a wide variety of tools to use in helping people manage their moods. Many choices for self-exploration are provided for facilitators to determine which tools best sui...
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presented by John J. Liptak, fl. 1990 and Ester A. Leutenberg, fl. 2010, in Erasing the Stigma of Mental Health Issues Through Awareness (Duluth, MN: Whole Person Associates, 2014, originally published 2014), 126 page(s)
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People experience many different problems related to mood. The assessments and activities in this workbook are designed to provide facilitators with a wide variety of tools to use in helping people manage their moods. Many choices for self-exploration are provided for facilitators to determine which tools best suit the unique needs of their participants.The purpose of this workbook is to provide a user-friendly guide to short-term assessments and...
People experience many different problems related to mood. The assessments and activities in this workbook are designed to provide facilitators with a wide variety of tools to use in helping people manage their moods. Many choices for self-exploration are provided for facilitators to determine which tools best suit the unique needs of their participants.The purpose of this workbook is to provide a user-friendly guide to short-term assessments and activities designed to help people conquer feelings of moodiness and experience a greater sense of well being. In addition, this workbook is designed to help provide facilitators and participants with tools and information needed to overcome the stigma attached to mood conditions. In order to help their participants successfully deal with moodiness, it is extremely helpful for facilitators to have a variety of appealing, user-friendly assessments and activities to help their participants “open-up” and begin to feel as if their mood is less intense and more balanced, and that they are not alone. The Managing Moods Workbook provides assessments and self-guided activities to help participants reduce the intensity of moodiness and begin living more effectively.Chapter 1: How Moody Are You?This chapter helps participants identify the depth of their moodiness and identify ways to decrease the intensity of this moodiness.Chapter 2: Effects of Moodiness This chapter helps participants identify the ways that moodiness is affecting their health, relationships, work and social activities.Chapter 3: Triggers of Moodiness This chapter helps participants identify the ways that they experience moodiness in their lives through feelings, thoughts, and behaviors.Chapter 4: Roller Coaster Moods This chapter helps participants identify the effects of mood instabilities in their lives.Chapter 5: Erasing the Stigma of Moodiness This chapter helps participants explore the stigma of moodiness in their lives and the impact that the stigma has on them.
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Field of Study
Social Work
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
John J. Liptak, fl. 1990, Ester A. Leutenberg, fl. 2010
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
Whole Person Associates
Series
Erasing the Stigma of Mental Health Issues Through Awareness
Topic / Theme
Psychological issues, Theory, Suicide, Major depressive disorder, Depressive disorder, Bipolar disorder, Mood disorders, Psychoanalytic Psychology, Personality changes, Moodiness, Sadness, Depression (emotion)
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GriefWork for Teens: Healing from Loss
presented by Ester A. Leutenberg, fl. 2010 and Fran Zamore, fl. 2010 (Duluth, MN: Whole Person Associates, 2012, originally published 2012), 128 page(s)
Loss is a part of everyone’s life at some point. Each person reacts to a loss in a personal way. As well as the emotional response, loss also has physical, intellectual, behavioral, social and philosophical dimensions. Response to loss is varied and is influenced by beliefs and practices.GriefWork for Teens is f...
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presented by Ester A. Leutenberg, fl. 2010 and Fran Zamore, fl. 2010 (Duluth, MN: Whole Person Associates, 2012, originally published 2012), 128 page(s)
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Loss is a part of everyone’s life at some point. Each person reacts to a loss in a personal way. As well as the emotional response, loss also has physical, intellectual, behavioral, social and philosophical dimensions. Response to loss is varied and is influenced by beliefs and practices.GriefWork for Teens is for facilitators helping grieving teens heal from their losses. The authors refer to the psychological process of coping with a signific...
Loss is a part of everyone’s life at some point. Each person reacts to a loss in a personal way. As well as the emotional response, loss also has physical, intellectual, behavioral, social and philosophical dimensions. Response to loss is varied and is influenced by beliefs and practices.GriefWork for Teens is for facilitators helping grieving teens heal from their losses. The authors refer to the psychological process of coping with a significant loss as grief work. The range of behaviors, emotions and attitudes is huge. Throughout the book they use the terms normalize and New Normal to convey that everyone’s grief has a unique expression and is that particular person’s ‘normal.’ GriefWork for Teens contains fully reproducible activity and educational handouts and journaling pages which can be used in individual counseling sessions, educational settings and support groups. Each interactive activity has comments and suggestions on the back explaining the purpose of the activity and at least one way to use it. Read them prior to using the handout to get the most out of each one and to give you a ‘starter-idea.’ Although the handouts are written for use in groups, they may be adapted to use with individuals or as homework assignments.Teens’ losses, no matter what, are important and often devastating to them. They represent the disappearance of something or someone cherished. The handouts in GriefWork for Teens will engage those who grieve any type of loss (not just death) and encourage them to identify, internalize and/or verbalize personal feelings while working through the grieving processFive chapters guide clients through the grieving process:• Getting in Touch• Telling Your Story• Self-Care• Relationships• A New Normal
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Field of Study
Counseling & Therapy
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Ester A. Leutenberg, fl. 2010, Fran Zamore, fl. 2010
Date Published / Released
2012
Publisher
Whole Person Associates
Topic / Theme
Psychological issues, Youth, Grief, Adolescents, Adolescent psychology
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Mind-Body Wellness Series, Intellectual Well-Being Workbook
presented by Ester A. Leutenberg, fl. 2010 and John J. Liptak, fl. 1990, in Mind-Body Wellness Series (Duluth, MN: Whole Person Associates, 2014, originally published 2014), 118 page(s)
Intellectual well-being is important to a sense of overall wellness. The intellectual dimension of wellness, although often overlooked and undervalued, is extremely important in coping with stress and living a fulfilling life. Intellectual well-being can be difficult to describe, but it is essentially related to h...
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presented by Ester A. Leutenberg, fl. 2010 and John J. Liptak, fl. 1990, in Mind-Body Wellness Series (Duluth, MN: Whole Person Associates, 2014, originally published 2014), 118 page(s)
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Intellectual well-being is important to a sense of overall wellness. The intellectual dimension of wellness, although often overlooked and undervalued, is extremely important in coping with stress and living a fulfilling life. Intellectual well-being can be difficult to describe, but it is essentially related to how interested your clients are in learning new skills, expanding their knowledge, thinking critically, seeking out new and interesting...
Intellectual well-being is important to a sense of overall wellness. The intellectual dimension of wellness, although often overlooked and undervalued, is extremely important in coping with stress and living a fulfilling life. Intellectual well-being can be difficult to describe, but it is essentially related to how interested your clients are in learning new skills, expanding their knowledge, thinking critically, seeking out new and interesting challenges, maintaining a sense of creativity and curiosity, searching for lifelong learning opportunities and stimulating mental activities, and being open to new ideas. If your clients are not exhibiting these characteristics, they may need to develop more effective intellectual wellness habits. When clients begin developing intellectual well-being habits, they begin to exhibit greater participation in creative, scholastic, cultural and community-based activities. The Intellectual Well-Being Workbook is designed to help your clients enhance existing intellectual wellness traits and develop new attitudes that will improve their intellectual health.Living an intellectually healthy existence sounds easy, but is often very difficult to accomplish in everyday life. Many people experience stress in their lives when they are faced with new situations, exposed to people who are different from themselves and frightened by new ideas and novel ways to approach situations in their lives. Intellectually well people find that they are able to approach new ideas and situations with enthusiasm and are not restricted to only that which has been done before. They are creative and always looking for ways to improve themselves and their future. They are curious and approach life with passionate desire to understand and embrace opportunities to learn new things. They will have the tools and techniques to cope with difficult life situations through being open-minded, able to pick up on new ideas, and interested in improving themselves. The Intellectual Well-Being Workbook is designed to help your clients understand how the many ways intellectual well-being can reduce stress and enhance their overall life satisfaction.The seven sections include:Open to New Ideas Lifelong Learning Thinking Skills Creative Thinking Critical Thinking Mental Sharpness Independent Thinking
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Field of Study
Counseling & Therapy
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Ester A. Leutenberg, fl. 2010, John J. Liptak, fl. 1990
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
Whole Person Associates
Series
Mind-Body Wellness Series
Topic / Theme
Theory, Psychological issues, Behavior modification, Wellness, Intellectual functioning, Intelligence, Behavior therapy, Mind-body therapy
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Mind-Body Wellness Series, Social Well-Being Workbook: Facilitator Reproducible Sessions for Motivated Behavior Modification
presented by John J. Liptak, fl. 1990 and Ester A. Leutenberg, fl. 2010, in Mind-Body Wellness Series (Duluth, MN: Whole Person Associates, 2016, originally published 2016), 126 page(s)
The Social Well-Being Workbook is designed to help your clients strengthen existing social well-being traits and develop new attitudes to further improve their social well-being. With your facilitation, your participants will complete the assessments, activities and exercises in this workbook, and will develop and...
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presented by John J. Liptak, fl. 1990 and Ester A. Leutenberg, fl. 2010, in Mind-Body Wellness Series (Duluth, MN: Whole Person Associates, 2016, originally published 2016), 126 page(s)
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The Social Well-Being Workbook is designed to help your clients strengthen existing social well-being traits and develop new attitudes to further improve their social well-being. With your facilitation, your participants will complete the assessments, activities and exercises in this workbook, and will develop and enhance a full spectrum of social skills.Social health has become increasingly more important within the overall concept of human heal...
The Social Well-Being Workbook is designed to help your clients strengthen existing social well-being traits and develop new attitudes to further improve their social well-being. With your facilitation, your participants will complete the assessments, activities and exercises in this workbook, and will develop and enhance a full spectrum of social skills.Social health has become increasingly more important within the overall concept of human health and wellness. Positive and effective social interaction, a basic component of society, is important for individuals to master, especially when managing stress and/or overcoming illness. An inability to form and maintain relationships can be detrimental to a person’s health and well-being. Socially healthy people are able to relate well to others, genuinely care for all people regardless of their cultural characteristics, and willingly reach out to other people. They are contributing members of their community and are a part of the social networks of others.The Social Well-Being Workbook is designed to help your clients understand how social well-being can build personal and professional success, reduce stress and enhance overall life satisfaction. The seven sections of the workbook include: Section 1 – Relationships This section will help participants explore and understand their current relationships with people in the community, partners, family members, co-workers and friends. Thought-provoking, user-friendly activity handouts will help them to improve relationships in all areas of their life and career.Section 2 – Diversity This section will help participants examine how they accept, respect and value diversity in themselves and other people. Thought-provoking, user-friendly activity handouts will allow them to examine how they value diversity in professional and personal relationships.Section 3 –Intimacy This section will help participants gauge how they are demonstrating physical, intellectual and emotional intimacy in their relationships. Thought-provoking, user-friendly activity handouts will help participants to further develop intimacy skills to deepen existing and future relationships.Section 4 – Interactions This section will help participants explore their interactions with other people. Thought-provoking, user-friendly activity handouts will assist in accentuating styles of interacting to develop stronger relationships.Section 5 – Media This section will help participants explore how they experience virtual (online, telephone) relationships and in-person relationships. Thought-provoking, user-friendly activity handouts will promote a healthy balance to meet all relationship needs.Section 6 – Caring This section will help participants explore how they care about others and the ways they show this caring. Thought-provoking, user-friendly activity handouts promote altruism and caring about other people and societal needs.Section 7 – Support This section helps participants explore their support systems. Thought-provoking, user-friendly activity handouts are provided to develop and use a healthy social support system with others. All of the worksheets, assessments and activities are reproducible for your convenience.
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Field of Study
Counseling & Therapy
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
John J. Liptak, fl. 1990, Ester A. Leutenberg, fl. 2010
Date Published / Released
2016
Publisher
Whole Person Associates
Series
Mind-Body Wellness Series
Topic / Theme
Theory, Family and relationships, Interpersonal relations, Social identity, Social behavior, Social skills, Behaviorism, Behavior therapy
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Teen Choices Workbook: Facilitator Reproducible Self-Assessments, Exercises and Educational Handouts
presented by John J. Liptak, fl. 1990 and Ester A. Leutenberg, fl. 2010 (Duluth, MN: Whole Person Associates, 2011, originally published 2011), 122 page(s)
Life is about making choices. Today’s teens live in a far more challenging atmosphere than past generations and they face many important choices that both positively and negatively affect their growth and development. Their success in life is a result of the choices they make as they mature and that those that t...
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Teen Choices Workbook: Facilitator Reproducible Self-Assessments, Exercises and Educational Handouts
presented by John J. Liptak, fl. 1990 and Ester A. Leutenberg, fl. 2010 (Duluth, MN: Whole Person Associates, 2011, originally published 2011), 122 page(s)
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Life is about making choices. Today’s teens live in a far more challenging atmosphere than past generations and they face many important choices that both positively and negatively affect their growth and development. Their success in life is a result of the choices they make as they mature and that those that they will make in the future. During adolescence, making effective independent choices is often a point of contention between teens and...
Life is about making choices. Today’s teens live in a far more challenging atmosphere than past generations and they face many important choices that both positively and negatively affect their growth and development. Their success in life is a result of the choices they make as they mature and that those that they will make in the future. During adolescence, making effective independent choices is often a point of contention between teens and adults (parents, teachers, grandparents, etc.). As teens mature, they face increasing demands to learn to make choices more independently and to take more responsibility for their own choices. Choices allow teens to change how they are currently living their lives (if they are not happy where they are) or continue to live responsibly by making even more effective choices. Teen Choices Workbook contains five separate sections to help participants learn more about choices they have made and choices they have yet to make in their lives. Teen Action Choices helps teens analyze the factors that primarily influence the decisions they make and define how effectively they are using their time. Teen Relationships Choices helps teens examine how they make choices about acquaintances, friends, best friends, and dating friends. Teen Cultural Differences helps teens explore how accepting and receptive they are to people who are different from themselves. Teen 'Not-So-Great' Choices helps teens reconsider the choices they made in the past that were not successful and outline more effective decision-making techniques. Teen Risk-Taking Behavior helps teens investigate both the positive and the negative risks they have taken and discover ways to choose healthy risks. The Teen Choices Workbook is designed to be used either independently or as part of an integrated curriculum. Assessments and journaling exercise may be used effectively with either individuals or with a group. The following tools are included in each section: assessment instruments, activity handouts, quotations, reflective questions for journaling, and educational handouts.
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Field of Study
Counseling & Therapy
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
John J. Liptak, fl. 1990, Ester A. Leutenberg, fl. 2010
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
Whole Person Associates
Topic / Theme
Youth, Risk taking, Life choices, Cultural differences, Relationships, Adolescents, Decision-making, Behavior therapy
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Transitional Life Skills for Teens, Teens - Accept And Embrace Diversity
presented by Carol Butler, fl. 2013 and Ester A. Leutenberg, fl. 2010, in Transitional Life Skills for Teens (Duluth, MN: Whole Person Associates, 2014, originally published 2014), 140 page(s)
Exclusion or inclusion, discord or harmony hinge on hating or appreciating cultural differences. This book is very relevant today because school shootings and teen suicides often relate to being left out, laughed at, and bullied because of cultural differences.Teens - Accept and Embrace Diversity capitalizes on wh...
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presented by Carol Butler, fl. 2013 and Ester A. Leutenberg, fl. 2010, in Transitional Life Skills for Teens (Duluth, MN: Whole Person Associates, 2014, originally published 2014), 140 page(s)
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Exclusion or inclusion, discord or harmony hinge on hating or appreciating cultural differences. This book is very relevant today because school shootings and teen suicides often relate to being left out, laughed at, and bullied because of cultural differences.Teens - Accept and Embrace Diversity capitalizes on what comes naturally – cohesion not cruelty. Teens can un-learn bigotry and become broad-minded, experience empathy for people they pre...
Exclusion or inclusion, discord or harmony hinge on hating or appreciating cultural differences. This book is very relevant today because school shootings and teen suicides often relate to being left out, laughed at, and bullied because of cultural differences.Teens - Accept and Embrace Diversity capitalizes on what comes naturally – cohesion not cruelty. Teens can un-learn bigotry and become broad-minded, experience empathy for people they previously judged and replace criticism with compassion. To welcome diversity reduces and/or diminishes prejudice and nurtures respect for one’s own and others’ cultures. The activities in this book will encourage teens to accept other cultures' various views and to become aware of the influences of their own home life, environment, friends, community, and media. They will be encouraged to think for themselves.To embrace diversity is a giant step toward life, and a better quality of life, for potentially marginalized people and for possible perpetrators of prejudice, who focus on becoming promoters of peace.The seven chapters include:Accepting Diversity Diversity definitions and cheers, cultural considerations, assimilation and multiculturalism, chess game and animal analogies, commonalities and closed-minded versus open-minded reactions.Physical Diversity Prejudice or preference based on appearance, sensitivity toward people with disabilities, disease conditions or sensory impairments. Refute misleading media messages about a perfect body. Mental Diversity Ways to diminish stigmas against people with mental health issues or learning difficulties, to overcome cultural barriers to expressing feelings and seeking help, to dispel myths about mental illness and to recognize everybody has strengths. Social Diversity Hate and hope, socioeconomic status, gender stereotypes, being an ally – not a bystander, sexual orientation issues, motives underlying bullying and bigotry, and viewing people as multi-dimensional – learning not to pigeonhole them based on one trait. Exceptions to Acceptance To reject media messages that glamorize aggression and to promote a culture of non-violence through song lyrics, posters, debates, bumper stickers, mock videos, panel discussions, etc. Avoiding Stereotypes and Prejudice Self-segregation versus inclusion, non-judgmental attitudes, unlearning hate and learning to love, identifying dangers of labels, scapegoating, making false assumptions about fame and failure, facing mob mentality versus individualism, seeking people, places and things that define one’s roots, defining reasons not to bully, and studying civil rights quotations and depictions.Advocacy in Action The difference one person can make, the value of collaborative efforts at home, school, the community and world, personal attributes of an advocate, and ways to use one’s talents to give back to the universe.
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Field of Study
Counseling & Therapy
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Carol Butler, fl. 2013, Ester A. Leutenberg, fl. 2010
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
Whole Person Associates
Series
Transitional Life Skills for Teens
Topic / Theme
Demographic groups, Theory, Family and relationships, Interpersonal relations, Human relations skills, Acceptance, Sexual diversity, Religious diversity, Racial diversity, Gender diversity, Ethnic diversity, Cultural diversity
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