Mental health resources

This technique helps you slow down anxious “what if” thinking by turning vague fears into clear, manageable thoughts. By gently examining likelihood, coping ability, and realistic outcomes, it reduces catastrophizing and restores a sense of perspective and control.

Distancing techniques help you reflect on past stress or anxiety without reliving it, creating space between your emotions and the experience itself. This guide explains how viewing situations from a third-person perspective can reduce emotional intensity, support insight, and build healthier long-term coping.

Socratic self-questioning is a simple, evidence-based technique that helps you pause, slow down, and gently challenge stressful or irrational thoughts. This guide walks you through how to separate facts from feelings, reduce mental overwhelm, and create more balanced, realistic thinking.

The “try-not-to-try” method is a counterintuitive technique designed to ease anxiety in familiar situations where overthinking gets in the way. This guide explains when to use it, how it works, and why letting go of effort can actually restore clarity, intuition, and calm.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps you build a life that aligns with your values, even when difficult thoughts and feelings show up when they are or aren't expected. This guide explains how ACT works and offers practical ways to bring more awareness, acceptance, and purposeful action into your daily life.

Narrative Therapy helps you understand the stories you tell about yourself, and how those stories can shape your emotions, identity, and choices. This guide explores how reframing these narratives can create space for healing, empowerment, and a more compassionate relationship with yourself.