THE TRAUMA AND ADVERSITY WORKBOOK FOR TEENS. Mindfulness-Based Skills to Overcome and Recover from Prolonged Toxic Stress

Teens who experience toxic stress—strong, frequent, and prolonged adversity such as family illness or economic hardships, neglect, and abuse— grow up at risk for lifelong mental and physical health consequences. Written by an expert in teen mental health, this important workbook offers powerful skills for overcoming trauma and adversity using mindfulness, neuroplasticity, and emotion regulation. Teens will learn all about how their mind and body respond to stress, how to identify triggers, and how to ground and calm themselves in the moment when emotions feel too big to handle.

Gina M. Biegel, MA, LMFT, is a psychotherapist, researcher, speaker, and author specializing in mindfulness-based work with adolescents. She is founder of Stressed Teens, which has been offering mindfulness-based stress reduction for teens (MBSR-T) and the community since 2004. Stacie Cooper, PsyD, has counseled teens and young adults privately, as well as led groups and psychoeducational trainings on adolescent mental health issues.