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This is an image of a flowchart titled “Anxiety - Choose Your Own Adventure.” The flowchart is hand-drawn and has a yellow background. The flowchart has multiple decision points and paths, with each decision point represented by a speech bubble. The flowchart starts with a white box that has a yellow striped border and reads, “Start Here.” This is pointing to a box that says, “Uh-Oh! Anxiety Increases.” If you ignore the increase, you can choose to ignore by disassociating or neglecting it, but you’ll end up at the same point: “You’re still anxious but have secondary problems,” and you’ll be sent back to the start. If you decide to pay attention to the increased anxiety, you get to a flowchart point that says, “Good call! How?” If you choose to be mean instead of kind, you may have a shame spiral or self-contempt, making you feel worse and spending you back to the start. If you choose to be kind, you can choose to seek care and connection/movement/journaling, and it may help lead to self-care, or you can choose self-care directly. Will it be with others or solo? If solo, you can pet a dog, garden, or make art. If you do it with someone, you can talk, move together, or hug. Either way, your anxiety may improve! The flowchart is credited to @lindsaybraman.

Anxiety Worksheet: Choose-Your-Own-Adventure

Sometimes, a roadmap is all we need to find our way out of a confusing journey. I find that flowcharts can sometimes be that roadmap …

A flow chart illustrating how validating emotions behind problem behavior can reduce problem behavior, but invalidating emotions can increase it.

Flow Chart: Resolving Kid’s Problem Behaviors Through Coping Skills

Kids with caregivers who give them permission to feel big feelings and that give them support in managing those feelings are kids with tools who are able to become adults who can regulate emotions and find resiliency in the face of crisis.

Today, I’m releasing a simple visual illustrating how empathic, attuned parenting can disrupt one common cycle behind problem behaviors at home or in the classroom.

drawing of a notebook with a blank crisis plan added

Creating a Crisis Plan: A Free Printable Worksheet for Safety Planning

The best time to do good crisis work is when you (or your client, child, partner, friend, etc.) aren’t currently in crisis. Take some time …

Therapy is hard work.

Therapy Is Hard

Therapy is hard work. It’s ok if a therapy session leaves you sad, shaken up, or exhausted. If, however, you find therapy sessions pushing you …

Attention seeking parenting

3 Reasons Behind Attention-Seeking Behavior (& How to Respond)

We tend to think of “doing something for attention” as a bad thing. What if it isn’t? Every single one of us needs attention. Attention …

Printable: Daily Mental Health Checklist

Creating a Crisis Plan: A Free Printable Worksheet for Safety Planning

Steps to Containing a Mental Health Crisis Printable- RO-DBT model

Trauma Recovery: A Visual Model

Trauma Recovery Avocado Model

Emotion Sensation Feeling Wheel Handout by Lindsay Braman

Questions Aren't Connections: Cultivating Conversations Beyond Q & A

7 Positive Childhood Experiences (PCEs) that Shape Adult Health and Resiliency - Illustrated

Gottman's 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse - Illustrated Handout

See my recent collaboration with The Museum of Modern Art

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