Anxiety: Intervention and Prevention Megan Egerton Megan.egerton@ocdsb.ca.

Anxiety: Anxiety: Intervention and Intervention and

PreventionPrevention

Megan EgertonMegan EgertonMegan.egerton@ocdsb.ca Megan.egerton@ocdsb.ca

3 Types of Anxiety 3 Types of Anxiety

Spontaneous PanicSpontaneous PanicSituational PanicSituational PanicAnticipatory Anxiety Anticipatory Anxiety

Six Anxiety DisordersSix Anxiety Disorders

Panic DisorderPanic Disorder Specific PhobiaSpecific Phobia Social PhobiaSocial Phobia Generalized Anxiety DisorderGeneralized Anxiety Disorder Obsessive Compulsive DisorderObsessive Compulsive Disorder Post Traumatic Stress DisorderPost Traumatic Stress Disorder

Student’s Emotional CycleStudent’s Emotional Cycle

Emotional Disorganization

Recovery

Detachment andWithdrawal

Anxiety Isn’t A Scheduled Anxiety Isn’t A Scheduled EventEvent

Why contracts don’t workWhy contracts don’t work Being rigid will fail youBeing rigid will fail you Rule bound will get you stuckRule bound will get you stuck Planning ahead will wear you outPlanning ahead will wear you out Predicting will make you crazyPredicting will make you crazy Ignoring doesn’t make it go awayIgnoring doesn’t make it go away

What Does Your Maze Have In What Does Your Maze Have In It?It?

What are the top 5’s?What are the top 5’s?

They Think About:They Think About:

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3.3.

4.4.

5.5.

They Talk About:They Talk About:

1. 1.

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4.4.

5.5.

How You Ask ItHow You Ask It

Do vs. HowDo vs. How

Are you asking the right Are you asking the right questions?questions?

Open endedOpen endedThe word “feel”The word “feel”““Do” questionsDo” questions

Location questionsLocation questionsFilling the voidFilling the void

Your Anxiety Vs. TheirsYour Anxiety Vs. Theirs

Yours:Yours:– ______________________________– ______________________________– ______________________________– ______________________________– ______________________________– ______________________________– ______________________________

Theirs:Theirs:– ______________________________– ______________________________– ______________________________– ______________________________– ______________________________– ______________________________– ______________________________

Stress ReactionStress Reaction

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Anticipation of Stress Anticipation of Stress

SMART SMART

SpecificSpecificMeasureable Measureable Attainable Attainable RealisticRealisticTime BoundTime Bound

Structured Living Structured Living

What lacks structure?What lacks structure?– EatingEating– SleepingSleeping– ExercisingExercising– SchoolSchool– FriendsFriends– HomeHome

Conversation CardsConversation Cards

CBTCBT

Detachment and WithdrawalDetachment and Withdrawal

Detachment and Withdrawal Detachment and Withdrawal PreventionPrevention

Decision FatigueDecision Fatigue

Self Awareness and Self Awareness and ResilencyResilency

What Actually Is ImportantWhat Actually Is Important

Emotional DisorganizationEmotional Disorganization

Desentization ActivitiesDesentization Activities

Trust Trust

How quickly do you give it?How quickly do you give it? How soon is it lost?How soon is it lost? How do you get it back?How do you get it back? Once lost, is it forever?Once lost, is it forever?

PrioritizingPrioritizing

Do you spend time on the things that Do you spend time on the things that matter?matter?

Do you feel as though you get all the Do you feel as though you get all the important things done first?important things done first?

Do smaller things take over and you Do smaller things take over and you end up feeling as though you need end up feeling as though you need get to do the things you really want get to do the things you really want to?to?

How Do You See Me?How Do You See Me?

Visualization ActivityVisualization Activity

Recovery and StabilizationRecovery and Stabilization

Emotional Disorganization

Recovery

Detachment andWithdrawal

Why they need us…Why they need us…