Try These Five Therapeutic Activities at Home Today!

We all want to improve our mental health.  

Therapy is a great option for improving mental wellness, however, it is not always available to us right when we need it.  

You may have a weekly appointment that you have to wait for, or you may be struggling to afford therapy as much as you need it. 

This can lead to us feeling overwhelmed, but the good news is that there are dozens of daily therapeutic activities you can do to help keep your mental health stable until your next therapy session.  

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Child Focus has put together five of the top therapeutic activities that you can do at home to improve your mental health. Keep reading to learn more! 

Five Activities to Improve Your Mental Health 

Therapy is a tremendous way to take control of your life and improve your mental health.  However, it is not always accessible every day that you need it.  

To supplement or reinforce therapy, you can establish a daily routine. A stable routine will give you order and will ensure that you are taking daily steps toward managing your mental health.  

Here are five at-home activities you can do to improve your mental health.  

Structure Your Day 

When our day lacks structure or order, our mental health can suffer. That is why it is so important to create a structure or daily routine.  

Therapy can help provide some structure – you show up on a certain day and time and talk to the same person about specific problems. But for many, that is not enough.  

Simple actions outside of therapy can help stabilize your life and improve your sense of control.  

This can be something simple, like writing in a journal for fifteen minutes at the same time every day, talking to a friend on the phone, taking a scheduled walk in the park, or spending a set time reading from a book.  

Find a Place to Talk Freely 

Talking is one of the best ways to release negative emotions in a healthy way.  

Therapy is a great outlet for this, but if therapy is not available to you when you need to channel your emotions, there are plenty of healthy alternatives.  

Many people opt to keep a journal to vent their frustrations. This is a good choice because diaries will not share your secrets or judge you for your emotions. Just be sure you keep your diary secure so no prying eyes look through your thoughts.  

Don’t censor your grammar or spelling, let the ideas flow freely. Also, do not feel as if you have to read your writing. Sometimes it is best to simply vent and then move on.  

You can also talk to friends and family, however, be aware that people are prone to spilling secrets. If you choose to talk to someone you know personally, be sure that they are a person you can trust.  

Make Investments in Yourself and Your Skills 

Self-improvement can have wonderful effects on our mental health.  

When you go to therapy, you invest time and money into working through your emotions and producing strategies for improvement.  

Outside of therapy, you can invest your time and money into skills that will help you meet or exceed your life goals.  

This can include volunteering to help friends and family, donating time or money to charity, focusing on a skill or hobby you want to improve, or focusing on an educational experience.  

Setting aside some time to improve yourself can help give your day direction and will help you build a life trajectory. 

Get Helpers and Friends on Board 

No one can do it alone. To succeed and improve mental health, it is important to rally your allies and strengthen bonds.  

Therapists are a great resource for this because you are hiring them to be your unflinching ally. Your therapist is someone who is investing their professional time into helping you improve. The issue is that you only have access to them for a set time per week.  

In addition to therapy, try to identify some people in your life who genuinely care for you and will support you. This can be a family member, friend, neighbor, mentor, teacher, or coach. For some, this support role is a pet.  

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Find an ally who cares for you and will get in your corner when the going gets tough.  

Create a Mindfulness Routine 

Jean Anne Feldeisen, a licensed therapist who writes for Medium.com, recommends that you establish a mindfulness routine to help yourself remain aware of your mental health.  

Your therapist can help you remember to take deep breaths, locate discomfort in your body, and make peace with your emotions before you leave.  

However, this can be much harder when you are by yourself.  

Mindfulness routines can work well to help you address some of your negative emotions and help you move past them. This often includes physical movement.  

Yoga can be an effective strategy as it focuses on controlled movements and regulated breathing.  

You can also do things like 

• Knitting 
  
  
• Drumming 
  
  
• Coloring 
  
  
• Dancing 
  
  
• Walking 
  
  
• Running 

Finding something physical that can channel our emotions is an excellent way to establish a mindfulness routine. Be sure to breathe, stay present at the moment, and work through your difficult emotions.   

Child Focus is Here to Help Your Mental Health with Therapy in Cincinnati 

Improving your mental health is a great way to find stability in your life.  

Therapy is a great way to do this, but it can be intimidating for many people.  

If you are struggling to get started on your therapy journey, then it is time to reach out to Child Focus! 

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At Child Focus we help children and adults get the therapy and mental health resources they need to take control of their mental health and improve their lives.  

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