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Diagram illustrating inner versus outer control, with an inner control circle labeled 'In My Control' and a larger outer circle labeled 'Out of My Control.'

A cognitive strategy that allows you to shift your focus to the things that are within your control in a situation, and can reduce feelings of anxiety.

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Steps for therapeutic tool called boxed breathing, with instructions to breathe in for 4 seconds, hold for 4 seconds, breathe out for 4 seconds, and hold for 4 seconds, shown with text and arrows.

A breathing strategy that is designed to help reduce feelings of anxiety or overwhelm by pacing your breathing.

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A calming visual with soft pastel colors featuring text about Grounding Therapeutic Tool, listing five senses: five things you can see, four you can touch, three you can hear, two you can smell, and one you can taste, promoting mindfulness.

A grounding strategy that works to reduce the experience of intense emotions or anxiety by encouraging focus on your senses and your body.

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An advertisement for Therapeutic Tool Thursday: Challenge the Thought, featuring a person in a café with a thought bubble overlay that contains the word Challenge, promoting mental health therapy at alliancetherapygroup.com.

A cognitive strategy that works to reframe negative thoughts by challenging the thought accuracy and expanding thought processes.

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A motivational wellness poster titled 'Therapeutic Tool Thursday: Self-Care Check-ins', listing self-care prompts such as gratitude, breath focus, goals, needs, feelings, and affirmations. The background features a soft, neutral design with faint leaves and the website www.alliancetherapygroup.com at the bottom.

A focus on self-care as a regular practice that helps us to identify individual needs, care for ourselves, and improve mental health.

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A graphic titled 'Therapeutic Tool Thursday: SWOT' with quadrants labeled Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats, each featuring nature images like clouds, a dandelion, fallen leaves, and branches.

A cognitive strategy for approaching stressful or difficult situations by focusing on different aspects of the situation, both positive and negative.

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A poster titled "Therapeutic Tool Thursday: Anxiety Coping Statements" listing various positive affirmations for managing anxiety, with a faint background image of praying hands and a logo for the Alliance Therapy Group at the bottom right.

Some choices of statements to help cope with, understand, and reframe the experience of anxiety.

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A framed quote on a desk says, 'Be you, do you, for you,' alongside a gray vase with dried branches. The image promotes therapy for radical acceptance.

A powerful approach for navigating and coping with difficult situations that focuses on understanding the reality of the present.

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A dog sleeping on a beige couch with a white blanket in a cozy room.

The importance of different types of rest and how they may be beneficial for your overall health and well-being.

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A promotional flyer titled 'Therapeutic Tool Thursday: The RAIN Strategy' with definitions for recognizing, allowing, investigating, and naturalizing rain, in front of a rain-streaked umbrella background. It includes website info at the bottom for www.alliancetherapygroup.com and a small circular logo in the bottom right corner.

An approach for navigating intense emotions, that allows space for emotions to be present while working to reduce reactivity.

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A promotional sign for therapy tools titled "Thought Stopping" with a red stop sign and the word "STOP" in the center, blurred background.

A mindfulness tool to help reduce reactivity, allowing us to pause, observe, and select our response with intention.

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Woman with long hair covering her face with her hands, sitting indoors in a beige sweater, feeling distressed or overwhelmed.

Tools from Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) designed to help reduce intense emotions and distress

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Snow-covered road lined with tall trees, snow falling heavily.

A tool that helps to shift focus onto the next step when facing a challenging situation or when the path forward is uncertain

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A kitten digging in sand on a beach with a speech bubble saying "Coping Statements."

Some coping statements to help navigate feelings of shame and experiences of self-criticism to build resilience and cultivate self-compassion

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A bowl of assorted sour candies on a tray with a blurred plant in the background.

A tool that helps to shift focus when experiencing panic-related symptoms by delivering an intense sensory exprience

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Photo of a person standing in a comfort zone marked on the ground, with shoes and jeans visible. The ground is black asphalt with white chalk writing. The text above the person reads "Therapeutic Tool Thursday: Comfort & Growth Zones." The bottom includes a website link and a logo in the bottom right corner.

This tool identifies the different zones we move through, and some of the things we experience, as we work towards personal growth.

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List of therapeutic tools for Thursday titled 'Daily D.O.S.E', with categories 'Dopamine' and 'Oxytocin' detailing activities such as creating art, expressing gratitude, listening to music, snuggling pets, and sharing feelings, under a soft, natural background with the Alliance Therapy Group logo in the bottom right corner.

A tool to help navigate working with your neurotransmitters and naturally boosting your mental health

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Guidelines for therapeutic skills including treating physical illness, practicing balanced eating, avoiding substance abuse, maintaining sleep schedules, and engaging in exercise.

A tool to help focus self-care efforts on our physical and emotional health, areas that have a big impact for our mental health

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A forest creek with snow on the banks and tall evergreen trees, sunlight filtering through the trees.

A tool that incorporates your 5 senses and helps you to build you own personalized grounding toolkit to regulate when you need it

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A woman practicing sigh breathing meditation on a wooden dock by a calm lake with lush trees in the background.

A breathwork tool that helps to regulate the nervous system, shared from the traumatic grief workshop of Dr. Kate Truitt

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Illustration of an iceberg with a person standing on top of it holding a sign that says "I'm angry!" The iceberg is labeled with emotions such as attacked, sad, betrayed, embarrassed, rejected, overwhelmed, ashamed, hurt, scared, trapped, guilty, and uncomfortable.

A tool that helps to improve understanding of our anger by identifying emotions that are emerging beneath anger

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Golden grass stalks by the water with sunlight reflecting off the surface.

A tool for visualizing a calm, soothing, and relaxing space to help regulate your nervous system

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Two women sitting on a bed engaged in conversation, with a boombox, snacks, and magazines in front of them, against a pink wall background.

A tool to help improve communication and understanding, by facilitating validating and curiosity of each other’s experiences

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People practicing movement exercises outdoors during sunset in a forested area.

A tool that discusses the mental health benefits of movement and helps you plan how you incorporate it into your routines

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Person holding a small bunch of white daisies with yellow centers, against a blurred background. The image is part of an informational graphic about therapeutic tools, specifically for object grounding.

A grounding tool using a handheld object and your senses to bring you back into the present and help reduce anxiousness

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A dog walking on a forest trail surrounded by trees with fall foliage.

A tool that helps to gently distract from distressing emotions until they can come down to a more manageable level

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A large white ferris wheel against a blue sky with some clouds.

A tool to help you explore your level of satisfaction in the various areas of your life and find ways of making improvements to create more balance

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Colorful circular feelings wheel showing various emotions grouped into categories like angry, sad, happy, surprised, fearful, disgusted, and features.

A tool to help to identify the emotions we are feeling and build our emotional awareness. Being aware of our emotions can help us process through them.

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A tool that provides some helpful journal prompts to practice gratitude and notice what is steady and supportive in your life.

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A person wearing a beige shirt sitting on a bed, writing in a notebook with a pen

A tool that provides a variety of journal prompts to help you explore your experiences and emotions through journaling.

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