Lesson Plan
Session 1 Lesson Plan
Build initial rapport with the student, introduce the concept of anxiety and its physiological signs, and conduct a baseline assessment of coping strategies to guide personalized interventions.
This session lays the foundation for therapeutic alliance, equips the student with a basic understanding of anxiety, and identifies existing coping methods—ensuring targeted, evidence-based support in upcoming sessions.
Audience
Time
Approach
Materials
Prep
Review and Prepare Materials
10 minutes
Step 1
Build Rapport
5 minutes
Step 2
Psychoeducation on Anxiety
10 minutes
Step 3
Baseline Coping Assessment
10 minutes
Step 4
Select Initial Strategy & Wrap-Up
5 minutes
Slide Deck
Finding Your Anchor Session 1
Today's Agenda
Getting to Know You
What Is Anxiety?
Assessing Your Coping
Coping Skills Checklist
Your Action Plan
Next Steps
Worksheet
Worksheet
Reading
Script
Warm Up
Cool Down
Rubric
Lesson Plan
Session 2 Lesson Plan
Reflect on the student’s experience practicing their chosen skill, identify successes and barriers, introduce progressive muscle relaxation, and co-create an updated action plan.
Reflecting on the first strategy builds self-awareness and confidence, while adding a new, evidence-based coping tool broadens the student’s skill set to better manage anxiety.
Audience
Time
Approach
Materials
Prep
Review and Prepare Materials
10 minutes
Step 1
Warm-Up: Weekly Reflection
5 minutes
Step 2
Review Practice Insights
10 minutes
Step 3
Guided Progressive Muscle Relaxation
10 minutes
Step 4
Next Steps & Wrap-Up
5 minutes
Slide Deck
Finding Your Anchor Session 2
Today's Agenda
Warm-Up: Weekly Reflection
Review Practice Insights
Guided Progressive Muscle Relaxation
Reflect on PMR Experience
Session 2 Action Plan
Next Steps & Closing
Journal
Reading
Worksheet
Script
Lesson Plan
Session 3 Lesson Plan
Consolidate the coping strategies learned, introduce an advanced grounding technique, and co-create a personalized anxiety-management toolkit with a long-term self-care plan.
This session reinforces progress, empowers the student to use multiple evidence-based tools independently, and prepares them to anticipate and manage future anxiety.
Audience
Time
Approach
Materials
Prep
Review and Prepare Materials
10 minutes
Step 1
Warm-Up: Final Reflection
5 minutes
Step 2
Review & Celebrate Progress
10 minutes
Step 3
Build Your Anxiety Toolkit
10 minutes
Step 4
Relapse Prevention & Next Steps
5 minutes
Slide Deck
Finding Your Anchor Session 3
Today's Agenda
Warm-Up: Final Reflection
Review & Celebrate Progress
Build Your Anxiety Toolkit
Relapse Prevention Guide
Session 3 Action Plan
Next Steps & Closing
Worksheet
Reading
