194. Approaching Anxiety with a Collaborative and Trauma-Informed Lens with Courtney Bennett School Counseling Simplified Podcast

In today's episode we discuss anxiety strategies for school counselors with expert Courtney Bennett.
Courtney is a passionate school counselor and mom of three. She loves to learn, so you will most often find her with a book in hand. She has spent the last several years studying about anxiety, trauma, and executive functioning and enjoys the challenge of putting this expertise to the test with real kids.. Courtney shares personal experience with anxiety and strategies for managing it with students. Strategies include externalizing worries, naming emotions, and reframing mindsets about stress.

Listen in for more highlights including:
Externalizing techniques to help students distance from overwhelming feelings Educating the whole school community using consistent language and care plans  Teaching positive mindset interventions about stress responses Considering bottom-up or top-down anxiety interventions for each student  Learning clinical approaches to anxiety from experts like Lynn Lyons


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School Counseling Simplified is a podcast offering easy to implement strategies for busy school counselors. The host, Rachel Davis from Bright Futures Counseling, shares tips and tricks she has learned from her years of experience as a school counselor both in the US and at an international school in Costa Rica.
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