Easy And Effective Anxiety Strategies With Mallory Zolinas

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Students of all ages can suffer from anxiety or feel anxious about certain situations. Teaching them effective coping strategies for managing their anxiety is so empowering for them and can help them feel more calm in stressful situations. I always love to hear tips and strategies from other school counselors and I am so excited to have Mallory Zolinas join me to share some coping strategies for anxiety that she teaches her students. 

Mallory is a 5th year Elementary School Counselor working with students in grades Pre-k through 4.  She has been an IMPACT member for almost 2 years and loves having ready to use school counseling resources available any time I need them for individual sessions, group sessions, or class lessons. 

In this episode, Mallory is sharing what she finds frustrating and what she loves about her job, what a day in her role looks like, and her favorite coping strategies for anxiety. Mallory has some incredible, easy to implement strategies she has found success with for her Pre-K through 4th grade students and I know you will walk away with new ideas to help make an even bigger impact on your students!

Some topics covered in this episode are:

• What Mallory loves and finds frustrating about her role

• Strategies she loves teaching her students to help with their anxiety

• How she has had to recently help a student overcome a situation they were very anxious about

• The strategies Mallory finds most beneficial to her students

• Mallory’s advice to new school counselors

Resources Mentioned:

• Sign up for the next Coffee with the Counselor

• Grab the Brain Dump FREEBIE

• Check out the Breathing Stick Activity

• Mini Paper Shredder

• Worry Shredder Label

• Mindfulness Moments for Kids: Hot Cocoa Calm Book

• Follow Mallory on Instagram

• Get the Hot Cocoa Breathing Handout

• Join the IMPACT membership

• Enroll in the Stress-Free School Counseling Course

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More About School Counseling Simplified:

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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