http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog skills to help relationships, family, children and you! Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:26:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/ocd-in-children-and-possible-strep-connection/918/ http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/ocd-in-children-and-possible-strep-connection/918/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:53:32 +0000 Deborah Tucker http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/?p=918

Predictable routines predict less anxiety in children

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Tetris as a way to prevent PTSD

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Parenting class for parents of children age 3 to 9

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Deep relaxation — a twenty minute exercise to help with stress

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]]> http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/anxiety-depression-simi-anxious-depressed/576/feed/ 0 http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/anxiety-try-yawning/230/ http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/anxiety-try-yawning/230/#comments Sat, 25 Apr 2009 01:26:18 +0000 Deborah Tucker http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/?p=230 Image by DanielJames via Flickr I just came from a great lecture on mindfulness and neuroscience. I learned a lot, which I’ll be sharing. Here’s a great quick idea to use for anxiety. Try yawning, on purpose, for at least 60 seconds. Two or three minutes is even better. What do you notice? Yawning turns [...] Related posts:

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