Cheryl M. Bradshaw - The Resilience Workbook for Teens: Activities to Help You Gain Confidence, Manage Stress, and Cultivate a Growth Mindset

So many of us who work with young people have been asking for a manual exactly like this one. It is full of practical examples, easy-to-understand science, and engaging exercises ideal for high school students, mental health professionals, and parents who are keen to help teens improve their resilience. Integrating new ideas about individual resilience, Bradshaw offers readers a tool for self-reflection and a deeper understanding of how stress and self-doubt make teens vulnerable. Its a great resource, ideal for both clinical and educational settings.

Michael Ungar, PhD , author of Change Your World ; Canada research chair in child, family, and community resilience; and professor of social work at Dalhousie University in Halifax, NS, Canada

Cheryl is an amazing, relatable, and down-to-earth psychotherapist. Her book is easy to follow, funny, and captures the most up-to-date strategies in mental health. Strategies such as self-care, mindfulness, goal setting, and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) make this a go-to book for any adolescentone struggling with everyday issues or one who is struggling with more persistent mental health concerns. Cheryl makes the reader feel as though she is talking to them one-on-one. The exercises make the book fun. A good self-help book for teens, or a great resource to be used in conjunction with therapy.

Quynn Morehouse, PsyD , clinical psychologist in private practice in Portland, ME

The Resilience Workbook for Teens is an interesting, important, and fun guide for young people to develop their resilience skills in the face of an ever-growing stressful world. Cheryl Bradshaw has created exercises that are highly engaging. I would highly recommend this book to teens and those who work with teens. Cant wait to use the workbook with my clients!

Caren Baruch-Feldman, PhD , psychologist and author of The Grit Guide for Teens

In our world today, many youths lack the ability to face challenging situations without becoming overwhelmed, often resulting in escalating stress, anxiety, and depression. The Resilience Workbook for Teens offers a full array of different types of activities to help teens gain confidence in their ability to traverse emotionally charged situations, face their fears, be vulnerable, and come out on top. Writing exercises allow readers to articulate their own feelings and values, and checklists offer specific ways in which readers can directly take care of themselves when energy is low. A great resource for all teens!

Karen Bluth, PhD , assistant professor in the department of psychiatry, and fellow at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; and author of The Self-Compassion Workbook for Teens

Adolescence can be a challenging time for many individuals, and learning to adapt and be resilient in the face of so many changes can be especially difficult. The good news is that resilience is a set of skills that can be learned. In The Resilience Workbook for Teens , Cheryl Bradshaw has transformed resiliency skill building into practical, engaging, and memorable activities to help you learn to bounce back from whatever life throws your way. Her writing is clear, charming, and engaging. Cheryls warmth and compassion shows through as though she is in the room with you, guiding you on your journey.

Sheri Turrell, PhD , clinical psychologist working with teens and adults in Toronto, ON, Canada; Association for Contextual Behavioral Science (ACBS) peer-reviewed ACT trainer; and coauthor of ACT for Adolescents

What an incredible resource! Cheryls warm and down-to-earth voice provides an engaging invitation for teens (and their parents) to understand themselves more deeply. Through metaphors and powerful stories, Cheryl helps teens understand that they are not alone in feeling like their inner landscape sometimes seems like unfriendly territory. This book provides a clear road map and simple, fun activities for anyone who is ready to understand the patterns theyve been in, see their own inner strength, and embrace who they are. Im so excited to share this book with my clients!

Deanne Barrett, MA , teenage expert and life coach, founder of HeartShift Club for Moms of Teens, and director of Gratitudeworks Enterprises Inc. in Calgary, AB, Canada

In The Resilience Workbook for Teens , Cheryl M. Bradshaw has achieved the impossible. She has written an evidence-based workbook on building resilience that will intrigue teens and effectively help them develop the factors that foster resilience. In a voice that is present and personal, she seems to be sitting next to the teen as she makes sense of theory, acknowledges resistance to change, and then makes change possible in small, interesting steps set up in a workbook format. Cheryl clearly knows teens and knows how to engage them in developing resilience. Her book is a contribution to teen development.

Suzanne B. Phillips, PsyD, ABPP , psychologist, psychoanalyst, coauthor of Healing Together , and host of Psych Up Live on International Talk Radio

Achieving success in any arena stems from having grit, and The Resilience Workbook for Teens is a wonderful resource. Cheryl Bradshaw knows how young people think and work, and she has written an engaging and practical how-to book that contains a wealth of strategies and activities that will develop self-awareness and lead to resilience. These pages facilitate reflection, analysis, and action. I am sure that it will be very helpful to any young person (and be useful to not-so-young people, too!).

Thomas R. Hoerr, PhD , emeritus head of the New City School; scholar in residence at the University of MissouriSt. Louis; and author of The Formative Five

Engaging and transformative! The Resilience Workbook for Teens fuses acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and CBT in the perfect recipe for change. An essential resource that delivers the ingredients and fosters hunger for teens to make meaningful change in the relationship they have with themselves!

Erin Lipsitt, MSW, RSW , counselor/therapist at the University of Guelph, and mother of teens

In The Resilience Workbook for Teens , Cheryl brilliantly pulls together a range of activities and tools that have helped me better understand myself; it is a book every young person needs to read. As a young adult trying to figure out my purpose and where I fit in this world, this accessible, practical, and easy-to-read guide allowed me to work these things through, alongside an author who felt like not only a mental health professional, but a confidant and friend who wanted absolutely nothing but the best for me. Anyone, at any age, can learn something from the concepts, ideas, and activities in this book. I wish I could hand this to my younger self, and would encourage anyone reading this to share it with all the young people in your life.

Jessica Fazio , youth mental health advocate and speaker, www.jack.org network representative alumna, IAYMH executive member, and passionate leader and changemaker

This workbook couldnt come at a better time! Another valuable and needed resource for practitioners and parents from author and psychotherapist Cheryl Bradshaw. With an overwhelming number of teens suffering from anxiety and low self-esteem today, its essential we provide them with tools, in addition to our support, to help them cultivate resilience. This book provides just that: practical and educational support to help our teens develop the skills needed to thrive in the face of adversity and challenges. Cheryl knows her stuff!

Laura Dobrinsky, BSc, DC , family health and wellness expert; and Brain Care is Self-Care mentor/speaker