Anxiety: Intervention and Prevention

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Anxiety Intervention and Prevention

• Megan Egerton
• Megan.egerton_at_ocdsb.ca

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3 Types of Anxiety

• Spontaneous Panic
• Situational Panic
• Anticipatory Anxiety

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Six Anxiety Disorders

• Panic Disorder
• Specific Phobia
• Social Phobia
• Generalized Anxiety Disorder
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

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Students Emotional Cycle
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Anxiety Isnt A Scheduled Event

• Why contracts dont work
• Being rigid will fail you
• Rule bound will get you stuck
• Planning ahead will wear you out
• Predicting will make you crazy
• Ignoring doesnt make it go away

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What Does Your Maze Have In It?
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What are the top 5s?

• They Think About
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• They Talk About
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How You Ask It

• Do vs. How

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Are you asking the right questions?

• Open ended
• The word feel
• Do questions
• Location questions
• Filling the void

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Your Anxiety Vs. Theirs

• Yours
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• Theirs
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Stress Reaction
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Anticipation of Stress
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SMART

• Specific
• Measureable
• Attainable
• Realistic
• Time Bound

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Structured Living

• What lacks structure?
• Eating
• Sleeping
• Exercising
• School
• Friends
• Home

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Conversation Cards
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CBT
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Detachment and Withdrawal
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Detachment and Withdrawal Prevention
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Decision Fatigue
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Self Awareness and Resilency
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What Actually Is Important
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Emotional Disorganization
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Desentization Activities
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Trust

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

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Prioritizing

• Do you spend time on the things that matter?
• Do you feel as though you get all the important
  things done first?
• Do smaller things take over and you end up
  feeling as though you need get to do the things
  you really want to?

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How Do You See Me?
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Visualization Activity
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Recovery and Stabilization
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Why they need us