Samantha Hanson, LPC, ATR, Clini-Coach®
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Mindfulness book, and journals!

Hello all!

I recently attended an ” Usborne books” party for a friend to help them earn free books for their little one.  I learned during their party that they have ALOT of mental health books geared to youth!!!!!  They have an entire mindfulness collection, and special journals to help kids get into journaling.  They have books related to feelings or social skill building, for super young and early childhood to help kids identify feelings and learn to express them.  For older teens they have plenty of series to help with self-esteem, confidence building, social skills and so much more.

I highly recommend checking out my consultant Ambers’ website:

I’m super excited for these books!

These are going to be amazing to use with my clients, I plan to mix and match pages from the mindfulness books to create worksheets / workbooks for minor clients (or some adults who they may be appropriate for as an add-in that’s more entertaining or creative) and depending on the clients concerns (some might need mood improvement and confidence building others have more worries and sadness). The journals will help kids and teens feel better about journaling, so many say, “but journaling’s boring….” and these are definitely not boring! Best part is these journals are all gender neutral, mature enough while young enough and “cool” for all!! I plan to hand out journals to kids who may not afford them otherwise and refer others to my consultant: Amber Fox.

Keep an eye out for a fundraising party near Christmas to help me get more journals for clients in need, or more mindful books for my office library as I borrow books to parents, and they don’t always find their way back to my shelf.  I have attached an image of the books and journals, as you can see from the outside alone, they look pretty awesome!  They are all filled with many cool directives to help with identifying feelings, expressing feelings appropriately and offer different directives that will help youth learn to be mindfully aware, and incorporate meditation in their lives to help battle anxiety or depressive symptoms.

 

Here is Amber’s website again to create your own wish list or set up a party to earn free books.  https://h11901.myubam.com/shop. ( I do not gain any free books, discounts or credit from your use of this link, it is purely for your own benefit. I will host a party later on where your contribution will help earn books for the office / client journals)

Group updates!

I have updated my Facebook events here, as well as my online directories on Psychology today and Therapy den! At this time there is no waitlist for these groups, and the support groups do have a minimum requirement to run.  For the virtual attendees I can send an art kit to you that we would be using in person so you may create with us from home.

These events include:

Community Open studio

Relaxed environment to come create – first and third Friday of the month $7 to cover supplies, under 12 requires an adult to stay. How does it work? I turn on relaxing music and bring my supplies down to the conference room, you can create alone or engage with others. Please contact me for more info or check here

(for those who previously showed interest in this Facebook event- I accidentally deleted the whole series when trying to cancel one date due to weather, so I apologize, you won’t need to redo any form, but you should go back in and click going or interested to receive notifications)

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Adolescent Inclusivity Support Group

$50 to attend, private pay / no insurance – 6-10 spots-preregistration required here; Virtual attendance is accepted. Please contact me for more info or check here

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Pandemic Stress Support for Adults.

50$ to attend, private pay / no insurance – 6-10 spots-preregistration required here; Virtual attendance is accepted Please contact me for more info or check here

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