Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Children

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Empower Children to Navigate Big Feelings with the ACT for Kids Workbook!

Help your young clients or children build lasting emotional resilience with this ready-to-use, evidence-based therapy resource. Designed specifically for psychologists, counsellors, social workers, teachers, and parents, this comprehensive workbook translates the core principles of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) into highly engaging, kid-friendly exercises.

Perfect for children ages 8 to 13, these worksheets help kids notice tricky thoughts, make room for big emotions, settle wound-up bodies, and take small, brave steps towards the things that truly matter to them.

✨ Why Choose This Resource?

Ready-to-Use: Zero prep required! Simply print and use in your next session, classroom lesson, or at home.
Developmentally Appropriate: Translates complex ACT metaphors (like cognitive fusion and values-based action) into concrete, relatable concepts for tweens.
Action-Oriented: Moves beyond just talking about feelings by giving kids practical, physical, and psychological tools they can use every day.
Engaging Visuals: Features fun, high-quality illustrations and themes (like underwater scenes, magic tricks, and science labs) to keep kids focused and interested.

📦 What’s Included in the Bundle?

You will receive a beautifully designed, high-quality PDF containing 14 pages of actionable content:

📝 A Guide for Supporting Adults: An introduction to ACT and tips on how to facilitate the workbook.
🧠 What's going on in my busy brain? Externalising thoughts and the "busy mind".
🏠 Your upstairs and downstairs brain: Brain science and why we "flip our lids".
🎣 What hooks me? Identifying cognitive triggers and unhelpful behaviours.
🪄 Unhooking from sticky thoughts: Practical, creative defusion techniques.
🌩️ Making room for big feelings: Somatic mapping and emotional expansion.
🍋 Squeeze and let go: Progressive muscle relaxation for wound-up bodies.
🔬 Be a scientist: noticing: A 5-4-3-2-1 mindfulness and grounding exercise.
🧭 What matters to me? Discovering personal values and how to act on them.
🛣️ Towards and away moves: The "Choice Point" and choosing values-based actions.
🧰 My calm-down toolkit: A personalised sensory and coping plan.

🎯 Who is this for?

Professionals: Child Psychologists, School Counsellors, Clinical Social Workers, Play Therapists, and SENCOs.
Parents & Caregivers: Looking for structured, evidence-based ways to support a child struggling with anxiety, emotional regulation, or stress.