27-10-2021 | Book Review
Matthew D. Dewar: The Mindful Breathing Workbook for Teens: Simple Practices to Help You Manage Stress and Feel Better
Instant Help Books, Oakland, CA, 2021, 184 pp, ISBN: 9781684037247
Auteur:
Chris Fradkin
Gepubliceerd in:
Journal of Youth and Adolescence
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Uitgave 12/2021
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Excerpt
In
The Mindful Breathing Workbook for Teens: Simple Practices to Help You Manage Stress and Feel Better, author Matthew Dewar presents a tutorial for teens on mindful breathing. While many self-help books feature breathing for a chapter (e.g., Davis et al.,
2019; Hanson et al.,
2020; Wolkin,
2021), much fewer are devoted solely to this practice (see Broderick,
2021; Wegesin,
2021). To the author’s credit, they have focused on one specific technique, which, if practiced regularly, can provide benefits in a number of areas, including stress management (Crowley et al.,
2018; Feiss et al.,
2019), socialization (Hafenbrack et al.,
2020), and school performance (Britt et al.,
2018; Clinton et al.,
2018; Rajkumar et al.,
2021). …