The CHAIN Links Program for Young Women and Girls with Anxiety

In therapy, much time is often spent teaching basic skills of healthy thinking, communicating, and navigating relationships in the new and foreign territories of the teen years. At a time when mental health resources are stretched thin, this program prepares girls with basic skills that are often taught in therapy, leaving more time in the counseling room for professional treatment when needed. The program is designed to be completed by two friends or one girl acting as her best friend. The girl who does the program as her own best friend, with her newly found confidence and the links of her CHAIN strengthened, is then asked to take the program and share it with someone in need. By doing so, she adds more strong links to the CHAIN and starts her own CHAIN reaction of girls and young women helping each other.

Solid research supports the premise that good communication, problem-solving, social, and coping skills learned and used during the teen years can improve the quality of life well into the future. The foundation of this course is self-love and self-acceptance--from there, all things are possible. Fun and practical, this program is an investment of time and effort, and the potential rewards are unlimited! So what are you waiting for?