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In The Mindfulness Journal for Anxiety, you’ll embark on a rewarding journey to stillness and self-discovery as you confront anxiety with pen in hand. From breathing exercises to thought-provoking meditations, these reflections and prompts are rooted in proven-effective mindfulness practices for reducing anxiety.

Educational Objectives

Upon completion of this course, the clinician will be able to:

• Guide clients into journaling with 'pen in hand' through thought provoking prompts, reflections, and centering exercises as they follow mindfulness practices proven to reduce anxiety.
• Discern which clients are appropriate for 'guided-journaling work' and chaperon them through the initial steps as they wrestle with unwelcome feelings, memories, and problematic thoughts.
• Present to clients the rational for guided-journaling and exercises, and the related research supportive of guided-journaling for anxiety.
• Explore with clients the many helpful quotes and reflections throughout the journal and demonstrate how clients can create their own anti-anxiety self-calming messages.
• Explain the universality of anxiety, its biological roots, its purpose and its self-hindering pathology when it goes unchecked. Conversely, discuss how biologically, emotionally, cognitively how self-calming mindfulness works.
• Reinforce clients writing (journaling) their thoughts, feelings, and creative expression. Reinforce their successes in writing and increased emotional calmness and relaxation behaviors.

Syllabus / Course Instructions

• This course is suitable for CE for beginning, intermediate and advanced level clinicians.
• The Course consists of reading the selected book, successfully completing an online posttest and filling out a course evaluation.
• The printed book or ebook is not included. It must be purchased separately. We have supplied a link to Amazon.com for your convenience.
• Purchasing your course will give you access to both a printable copy of the test and an online version of the test. Print the test to use as a companion as you read the book and answer the questions.
• You cannot exit the online test once you begin, so have your answers available.

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Bio: Tanya J. Peterson, MS, NCC

With credentials such as a Nationally Certified Counselor and her own personal experience with mental health care, author Tanya J. Peterson uses writing and speaking to increase understanding of and compassion for people living with mental illness as well as to help all people enhance their own mental health and well-being. She has written four critically acclaimed, award-winning novels, a self-help book, and she writes extensively for the mental health website HealthyPlace.com. Her HealthyPlace writing includes a weekly column entitled Anxiety-Schmanxiety. Additionally, she writes the main article in their weekly newsletter and has written more than 100 articles about various mental health topics that appear around the HealthyPlace.com. Furthermore, Tanya has written numerous mental health articles for varying online and print sources. She has been a guest on radio programs, speaking about mental health and her writing. She has also spoken about mental health regionally and nationally. She lives with her family in Oregon. Visit www.tanyajpeterson.com to learn more about Tanya and find links to connect with her.