A large dice can be an effective therapeutic tool for coping skills (Side note: It can also be used for conversation or icebreaker stems). For anxiety, each side can be covered with a coping skill that the student comes up with. For example, meditation or deep breathing, writing in a journal, art, etc. can be great coping skills for anxiety and can each serve as one side of the dice. When a student faces anxiety, he/she can roll the dice and try the coping skills that it lands on.
The "worry box" is a creative tool for students who have anxiety, because it provides them with an outlet for their worrisome thoughts. Specifically, students can acknowledge their worry, write it down, and then put it away.
This activity can help students in two ways: First, it can allow students to identify their own worries and to notice how much time they spend thinking about them (For instance, a student may create a section for testing in the worry brain that is perhaps larger in size than a section for family worries or vice versa) . Second, this activity can also help students to discover coping skills by identifying what makes them happy. Therefore, when they have a worry, they will have a toolbox of hobbies and interests that can help them to get rid of their worry!
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