Finding Calm is a supportive therapeutic workbook created to help young people better understand anxiety, intrusive thoughts and the patterns that can keep them feeling stuck.
Across 12 structured sessions, the workbook helps young people recognise how the anxiety alarm works, separate themselves from anxious thoughts, understand checking and reassurance cycles, make room for uncertainty and develop a more compassionate relationship with themselves.
It combines guided reflection, practical exercises and therapist-supported tools designed to help young people move towards courage, confidence, connection and the parts of life that matter to them. The aim is not to eliminate anxiety completely, but to help them respond to it differently and return more fully to everyday life.
What you will learn
• Understand anxiety and the nervous system
• Recognise intrusive thoughts without treating every thought as meaningful
• Build tolerance for uncertainty and self-compassion
• Take courageous steps towards valued living
