Journey Week 7

Focus: Recognizing and facing significant life challenges (the “ordeal”) and reflecting on how these challenges lead to growth.

CBT Focus: Reframing negative thoughts during difficult situations and turning them into opportunities for growth.
Assessment Tool: Resilience Scale – measuring how well the individual bounces back from adversity.
Expressive Arts Activity:
- Children: Create a timeline of a challenging event they faced and how their emotions shifted through the ordeal.
- Adults: Journal about a major challenge they faced and identify the emotions and thoughts they experienced at each stage.

Experiential Family Therapy Activity: The family identifies a difficult event they’ve gone through together and discusses how they supported each other through the experience.
Executive Functioning Homework Assignment:
- Children: Work with a parent to reflect on a challenge they faced this week, and map out how they worked through it step by step.
- Adults: Write about a current challenge they’re facing, identifying each step they’ve taken to manage it and how their support system is helping.

Parent-Child Attachment Activity: Work together to create a timeline of a challenge the family faced in the past. Mark the different stages of the challenge and reflect on how the family overcame it.
Executive Functioning Activity:
- Children: Reflect on a current challenge (ordeal) they are facing, and break it down into smaller parts. Work with a parent to see how each part of the challenge was addressed, focusing on how they handled the emotions involved.
- Adults: Write about an ongoing challenge, mapping out the steps they’ve taken to manage it and how they can use the challenge to develop resilience and personal growth.

YouTube Video: "Overcoming Life’s Biggest Challenges"

be kind to your mind