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List of Local Mental Health Providers providing up to 4 sessions for Polson School District employees and their families 100% covered by insurance

Having difficulty figuring out which self-care activity works best for you? Take this self-assessment to identify your strongest self-care activity as well as activities that you would like to spend more time doing.

JUST TRY AT LEAST ONE EVERY DAY. If you feel you can try more on a daily basis, then do that! The key is consistency, even if the self care activity only lasts for a few minutes every day.

Use this document to help you identify your stress triggers & signs and develop strategies to combat stress in your everyday life.

Click on the link to the site above to access various exercises to manage stress in any situation.

Dr. Alison Ledgerwood, PhD., is a social psychologist, researcher, and lecturer at UC Davis. Her research investigates how certain ways of thinking about an issue tend to stick in people's heads. Her classes on social psychology focus on understanding the way people think and behave in social situations, and how to harness that knowledge to potentially improve the social world in which we all live. ~ Tedx

This document will help you identify your strengths/protective factors as well as isolate areas of need/support

This document will help you identify your Relational, Professional, and Personal Strengths. This reflection document will also help to generate other ways you can apply your strengths in these different areas.

Kristin Neff, author of the book Self-Compassion, describes the practice as a way of reining in our inner critic, replacing it with a voice of support, understanding and care. The potential benefits of self-compassion are huge. Neff has found that people who practice self-compassion experience fewer negative emotions and stay emotionally balanced in difficult situations—both of which, according to a study on emotional exhaustion among teachers, helps prevent teacher burnout. ~greatergood.berkeley.edu/

While regular journaling has been shown to improve well-being, making a point of jotting down all the things that you are grateful for can take the experience to a whole new level. Keeping a gratitude journal is easy and involves making a note of the things that you are grateful for that day. You can decide how long your list is each day and how much detail you want to go into. The great thing is that it’s an easy habit to form and after a while, you are left with a collection of inspiring material to look back on when you are in need of a pick-me-up. ~ happify.com

Here are some questions to help you reflect on your day and remember those positive moments that we too easily dismiss. Print, cut out, and keep these cards in an easy to find place! You can even use them as writing prompts to begin a log entry in your gratitude journal.

Just like brushing our teeth or washing our hands, we must practice healthy hygiene habits for sleep! Here are some ways you can work on a more consistent routine to get better sleep every night.

Click on the link above for a short video about the general pattern of anxiety. Psychoeducation is the first place to start to better understand how anxiety might be affecting your life in ways you don't realize.

Depression (major depressive disorder or clinical depression) is a common but serious mood disorder. It causes severe symptoms that affect how you feel, think, and handle daily activities, such as sleeping, eating, or working. Some people experience only a few symptoms while others may experience many. Several persistent symptoms in addition to low mood are required for a diagnosis of major depression, but people with only a few – but distressing – symptoms may benefit from treatment of their “subsyndromal” depression. The severity and frequency of symptoms and how long they last will vary depending on the individual and his or her particular illness. ~nimh.nih.gov

Behavioral activation is a technique used in cognitive and behavioral therapies as a treatment for depression. Research has supported behavioral activation as a treatment for depression with outcomes comparable of those to medication. ~ TherapistAid.com

Click the link to access the video above that provides a quick overview of what behavioral activation is, and how it can be used in the course of treatment. Click on the image above to access the additional Behavioral Activation Worksheets after watching the video.