Self-help techniques for teens

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If a teenager is suffering with feelings of anxiety, there are a few easy things they can do to help themselves.

Find a quiet place to sit for 10 minutes each day and focus on their thoughts and feelings.

Take deep, regular breaths and wait for the anxiety to pass.

Tense up and then relax the muscles in their hands, shoulders, neck and face.

The more they weather the anxiety attacks, the easier it will get.
Terri Apter is the author of The Myth of Maturity, WW Norton

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Barbara Sutton, about 1 year

My son is 15 and has Asperger's Syndrome (a mild form of Autism) I am a single mum and my dad has died suddenly. He's doing a BTEC in Drama at our local theatre and he says he's feeling funny - he wants to do something different/out of the routine. I've promised him I'll take him to London for a christmas shopping trip but I don't have any other ideas. Does anyone have any suggestions? Our budget is rather limited, so a holiday is out of the question for the moment.

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