Parents Plus:

Working Things Out

For 11-16-year-olds

Six week course

 

Teenagers are vulnerable to higher rates of anxiety, depression and poor self-esteem. This practical CBT programme equips young people with the right skills to cope positively and to overcome mental health problems.

The Working Things Out Programme can be used by teenagers both as:

  • A preventative mental health programme to promote positive coping skills.

  • An intervention for young people with identified mental health problems such as anxiety, depression or self-harm

Course content

Using practical cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) strategies

  • Deal with anger and conflict

  • Understand the key to solving problems

  • Develop helpful thinking strategies

  • Manage feeling down

  • Improve relationships with friends and family

  • Reduce stress