Teenagers are supported to understand worry, recognise anxious feelings in their body and begin learning coping strategies drawn from cognitive behavioural therapy, often searched for as CBT for young people, anxiety worksheets for teens, worry workbooks for secondary pupils or mental health resources for students.
The workbook explains that worries are uncomfortable thoughts that can get stuck in your head, while also normalising that everyone worries about both small and big things. It links worry to everyday situations such as going to school or leaving parents, making it particularly relevant for secondary aged students who may be struggling with school anxiety, separation worries, panic feelings or general anxious thoughts.
A clear CBT introduction describes how thoughts, emotions and behaviours can affect each other, with exercises marked by a pencil symbol for students to complete. The visible activities include tick-box prompts for recognising physical sensations such as a hot face, feeling sick, faster breathing, a racing heart, tummy ache, sweating and headaches.
The fight, flight or freeze section uses a simple “meerkat brain” explanation to show how the body responds when it feels threatened. A bear-in-the-woods example helps pupils understand fight, flight and freeze in concrete terms, which could be useful for school pastoral staff, counsellors, mental health support teams, parents and carers working with teenagers who find anxiety hard to explain.
The body alarm system page maps common anxiety symptoms onto a body outline, including palpitations, dry mouth, tingling hands, jelly legs, nausea, racing thoughts, dizziness and feeling unreal or detached. The workbook also sets out aims around identifying different types of worries, managing worries more effectively, and learning about relaxation and mindfulness, with Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust shown on the cover.
