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Progressive Muscle Relaxation (children, adolescents and adults)

• Progressive Muscle Relaxation – for kids
• Progressive Muscle Relaxation – Therapist Aid
• Progressive Muscle Relaxation Training – This progressive muscle relaxation training video was created by headache specialists at Children’s Mercy Hospital together with Bazillion Pictures, INC.

Guided Imagery (adolescent and adults)

• EMDR Therapy (Official EMDR) Paperboats Guided EMDR Meditation
• Guided Imagery Meditation
• Guided Meditation and Visualization for Stress Relief: A Forest Walk
• Ocean Escape (with music): Walk Along the Beach Guided Meditation and Visualization
• Guided Imagery for Relaxation
• Forest Guided Imagery

Guided Imagery for Children

• Guided Imagery: Dr. Kim, CHOC Children’s – In this segment of American Health Journal, Cindy Kim, PhD, gives information about guided imagery, a progression of mental images, as a way to enhance coping with stress, pain management, and improving overall relaxation.
• Floating on a Cloud Relaxation with Calm Music – This relaxation script is a calming visualization that will guide a child to imagine floating on a cloud. For more free relaxation scripts and resources, visit www.innerhealthstudio.com.
• Child “Flying like a Bird” Guided Imagery by Empowered Within
• Guided Imagery – Age 6 to 12
• Guided Meditation for Children/The Elephant’s Cousin/ Kids Meditation Story

Deep Breathing (for adolescents and adults)

• Deep Breathing Exercise – Therapist Aid
• Breathing Exercise for Anxiety, Relaxation, and Stress Relief | 5 Minutes W/ Meditation Music
• 5 Minute Deep Breathing Exercise | City of Hope
• 15 Minute Deep Breathing Exercise, passive muscle relaxation, and imagery

Mindfulness

• mindfulness-solution.com/downloadmeditations
• Mind the Bump – Mindfulness and how the brain works.

Bedtime meditation for children

• Guided Sleep Meditation for Kids and Parents | Relaxation Techniques for Anxiety
• Sleepy Night Time Meditation for Kids

Bedtime Guided Imagery for children

• Hot Air Balloon Ride: A Guided meditation for Kids, Children’s Visualization For Sleep & Dreaming – MP3 version available by clicking here: www.relaxmeonline.com/children… A guided meditation for children at bedtime to help promote a peaceful sleep with restful dreams (Suitable for 5-9 years of age). Your child begins with a hot air balloon ride, visiting a zoo and going for a balloon ride with their favorite animal from the zoo.
• Sleep into Dreamtime for Children – A Guided Imagery Journey

Relaxation Music (Music Only)

• 1 HOUR Relaxing Music With Sea Sounds – For Stress Relief and Relaxation by Vyanah
• 2 HOURS of Relaxation Music for Spa, Sleep, Yoga, Study, Massage and Background Music by Vyanah
• 3 HOURS The Best Relaxing Music Ever | Ocean | Flute | Piano | – Background Healing
• 3 HOURS of Relaxing music | Beautiful Piano | – Positive music – Stress relief – Sound Therapy
• 3 HOURS Relaxing Music with Rain Sounds Meditation

Neuroplasticity

• http://youtu.be/ELpfYCZa87g

Teenage Brain

• Dan Siegel – “The Adolescent Brain”
• Why the teenage brain has an evolutionary advantage – By the University of California
• Colombia University’s Zuckerman Institute Presents: Teenage Brains: Wired to Learn
• Brain Development in Teenagers
• Insight Into the Teenage Brain: Adriana Galván at TEDxYouth@Caltech – Presented by Adriana Galván, an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology and Brain Research Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is the Director and Principal Investigator of the Developmental Neuroscience Laboratory.

Anxiety and Stress

• How Your Brain Can Turn Anxiety into Calmness – Physician, author, speaker, researcher, and consultant Martin L. Rossman, MD, discusses how to use the power of the healing mind to reduce stress and anxiety, relieve pain, change lifestyle habits, and live with more wellness. Series: UCSF Mini Medical School for the Public
• Your Brain on Stress and Anxiety. Presented by by Dr. John Kenworthy
• Beyond Stress and Anxiety: How Stress Affects the Body and What You Can Do to Manage It – Presented by Maria Juarez-Reyes, MD, PhD, Assistance Clinical Professor Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University. Learning Objectives: (1) Stressors – what makes you nervous and anxious; (2) Define Stress – what the scientists call it; (3) Mechanisms of Stress – how stress affects me; (4) Pathophysiology of stress – how it can hurt me; (5) When stress becomes and Anxiety – when I can’t stop Worrying; and (6) Management techniques – what you can do to manage stress.

Anxiety in Children and Adolescents

• Introduction to Anxiety and Child Anxiety Disorders – By Dr. Eli R. Lebowitz. The Yale Child Study Center Program for Anxiety Disorders-Introduction to Anxiety and Childhood Anxiety.
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Childhood Anxiety Disorders – The Yale Child Study Center Program for Anxiety Disorders-Introduction to Anxiety and Childhood Anxiety.
• Anxiety and the Family – Parenting Anxious Children

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

• Generalized Anxiety Disorder – Understanding the Nature of Worry and Anxiety. Presented by Dr. Rami Nader, Registered Psychologist

Social Anxiety

• Social Anxiety Documentary: Afraid of People
• 9 Self-Help Social Anxiety Modules
  • Self-help for Social Anxiety (Module 1): Introduction
  • Self-help for Social Anxiety (Module 2): Cognitive – Behavioural Therapy
  • Self-help for Social Anxiety (Module 3): A Cognitive Model of Social Anxiety (provide the basis for exposure therapy)
  • Self-help for Social Anxiety (Module 4): How to Get Rid of the Anxiety (i.e., Exposure Therapy)
  • Self-help for Social Anxiety (Module 5): Exposure Strategies (How to handle Self-Focus During Exposures)
  • Self-help for Social Anxiety (Module 6): Using a Worksheet During Exposure
  • Self-help for Social Anxiety (Module 7): Mastering Distressing Blushing
  • Self-help for Social Anxiety (Module 8): Conquer Your Fear of Public Speaking
  • Self-help for Social Anxiety (Module 9): Common Challenges that People Encounter While Doing Exposures

OCD

• Professional Resources: Treating Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in Children and Adolescents – In this overview, Dr. John Piacentini provides an overview of the symptoms, impairment, genetics, and neurobiology of OCD. He also describes assessment procedures and treatment planning for children with OCD. Lastly, he describes the evidence base for psychosocial and medical treatment of OCD.
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) in Children and Adolescents – Discussion with Steven Sussman, Ph.D – Child and Adolescent Psychologist Co-Founder of the Child and Teen Success Centers in NY and NJ
• What Causes OCD by Dr A.J. Allen M.D, Ph.D
• An Introductory Overview of the Four Steps Treatment Method for OCD with Dr. Jeffrey Schwartz
• Dr Jeffrey M Schwartz ‘You are not your brain’ at Mind & Its Potential 2011 – Dr. Jeffery Schwartz, a psychiatrist, discuss neuroplasticity, cognitive-behavioural therapy, cognitive distortions, and mindfulness.
• How the Brain Handles Cravings – Dr. Jeffery Schwartz discusses OCD, substance abuse, and sex control issues in relation to how the brain deals with these intrusive and bothersome thoughts when you don’t want them. These cravings have a brain-related aspect and how you process, understand and make decisions with the awareness of the cravings can be helpful in recovery.
• Published on Feb 8, 2013 Mini-Lecture Series: Experts on Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) – Spectrum Neuroscience and Treatment Institute’s first video in their mini-lecture series featuring Eric Hollander, MD, Stefano Pallanti, MD, PhD, and Steven Poskar, MD. This video focuses on Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: symptoms, treatment and co-morbidity.
• www.peaceofmind.com/what-we-do/ocd-101-training – OCD 101 Training video by Jelani Daniel, LPC and John Hart, PhD.  The Peace of Mind Foundation is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to providing resources and support to those impacted by obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and related disorders (www.peaceofmind.com).

Depression

• Depression in Children and Adolescents – Webinar with Dr. Karen Dineen Wagner
• Cognitive-behavioural therapy for the treatment of depression in children and adolescents
• What is depression
• Behavioral activation – a therapeutic technique used in Cognitive -Behavioural therapy to treat depression

Treatment Modalities

• An introduction to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy – Aaron Beck
• What is Emotionally Focused Therapy (or EFT)?
• EMDR Explained: Part 1 and Part 2 – Presented by Dr. James Alexander, a psychologist
• EMDR International Association
• A Brief Overview of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), often referred as third wave of CBT
• Acceptance & Commitment Therapy for Depression: Combining mindfulness and behavioural psychology to promote effective living – Presented by Dr. David Gillanders, University of Edinburgh.