Help for Anxiety and Depression in Midlothian, Texas

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Activities for healing

These activities are here to help you in processing the BIG emotions you are experiencing. You will only get out of the exercise what you put into it, so it is helpful to check-in with yourself before beginning and after completing the exercises.

What are you feeling right now?

If it’s difficult to label your feeling, you can use this feeling wheel to help.

Check In:

Before you starting your exercises, check-in with yourself:

On a scale from 1 - 10 (10 is high and 1 is low), where is my _______(list your feeling word) right now?
Write it down and make a note of it in your journal, on your phone - somewhere.

After completing your exercise, check-in with yourself again:

On a scale from 1 - 10 (10 is high and 1 is low), where is my _______(list your feeling word) right now?
Write it down in your journal.
Pay attention to how you are feeling now and write about your experience in your journal to share with me at your next session.

Activities & Tools

The activities listed here are more introspective in nature, but may be helpful in processing the various emotions you’re experiencing now.

Print off your planning sheet and have it handy. use it to plan out your days and weeks, during the time you are in quarantine. You can use this list of pleasurable activities as you plan out your days and weeks in quarantine.

Here are some other tools to help you with:

The following tools are only available to current clients:

The Family Meeting Game (click here to request the game)
Exercise Prompts: Creative Ways to Support Your Mental Health (click to request)

Fun & FREE things to do at home

Attend online cooking classes with you family or virtually with friends.

Visit some aquariums: Monterey Bay Aquarium, New England Aquarium, Georgia Aquarium

Take a virtual trip to the zoos: Cincinnati Zoo, Houston Zoo, San Diego Zoo

Explore various museums: National Museum of Natural History. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Michigan Science Center

Why not go on an outdoor adventure at a National Park while you’re inside? Take a guided virtual tour of 5 National Parks through a program called “The Hidden World of the National Parks”. As you begin your adventure, pay close attention and use your senses to imagine what you might smell, feel, hear, etc.

After taking your tour why not make a homemade “passport” and write about your experience? How did you feel before your “trip”? Were you able to fully engage during your tour? What did you notice? How did your mood shift during and after the tour?

You can also take this opportunity to experience an Opera, Symphony, or a show on Broadway?

Click here to read a more complete list of virtual experiences, including International Landmarks.