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3 positive psychology exercises

Download 3 Free Positive Psychology Exercises (PDF)

Enhance wellbeing with these free, science-based exercises that draw on the latest insights from positive psychology.

Master Resilience Training

Master Resilience Training (MRT) in the US Army (+PPT)

The United States Army is the most senior branch of the eight-armed defense services of the United States. Many of its members have endured stresses [...]

Exercises to Learn More About Each Other

21 Couples Therapy Worksheets, Questions & Activities (PDF)

What if I told you there was a magic recipe for making a relationship work? I’m sure you wouldn’t believe me, and for good reason! [...]

Ways to Teach Kindness to Children

40 Empathy Activities & Worksheets for Students & Adults

If you were to ask a child psychologist which character traits are most important for a child’s development, kindness and empathy would likely rank high [...]

psychotherapy

What Is Psychotherapy? 10 Common Types & Treatments

Psychotherapy is a talking treatment for mental health problems with roots in the ‘talking cure’ of psychoanalysis that was established by Freud at the end [...]

Psychodynamic Therapy

What Is Evidence-Based Therapy? 16 EBP Therapy Interventions

The push towards Evidence-Based Therapy is a movement in psychology that aims to track the efficacy of treatment plans, with the goal of providing clients [...]

coping skills

Healthy Coping: 24 Mechanisms & Skills For Positive Coping

Are you someone who laughs at the most inopportune times? Perhaps you are a nail-biter, or maybe you even become energized during challenging moments. Whether [...]

Mental health treatment goals

Mental Health Treatment Plans: Templates, Goals & Objectives

Planning – some of us love it, some of us hate it, and some of us just don’t have any idea how to do it! [...]

writing therapy

Writing Therapy: How to Write and Journal Therapeutically

Have you ever been feeling low, down in the dumps, stuck in a rut, or just plain stressed out? Of course, the answer to that [...]

Existential Therapy

Existential Therapy: Make Your Own Meaning

You may have a certain set of assumptions or associations pop into your head when you hear (or read) the word “existential.” Perhaps you think [...]

coping skills

10+ Coping Skills Worksheets for Adults and Youth (+ PDFs)

No matter how mentally healthy, resilient, or happy we are, every one of us goes through times when we need to cope with something difficult. [...]