Open Forest - Self Help Made Easy

Welcome to Open Forest, home of scientifically validated, easy to use modules to help you get the best out of yourself!

Use our brief questionnaires to evaluate the level of your symptoms.

Use our online modules to learn how to better deal with yourself.

We offer modules for anxiety, depression and attention deficit disorder. And you may have heared about our brand new Mindfulness training module, which has been developed especially for professionals who want to get the most out of their stressful jobs.

Our online ADD/ADHD course comprises of two separate programs that you will complete at the same time.

The first program is a traditional Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) program, which will help you to identify and change thoughts, feelings, beliefs, attitudes and behaviours that are unhealthy or problematic.

Negative thoughts and feelings alone do not cause ADHD-related difficulties. However if you have grown up having ADHD it’s likely that you have a history of struggling with certain tasks. This can lead to avoidance and a pessimistic outlook, for example, thinking, “I can’t do this, so I won’t even try”. This creates a ‘double whammy’ and makes it even harder to succeed, due to both the ADHD-related deficits and low motivation.

Each CBT session in the traditional CBT program includes an exercise, and will take approximately one hour to complete. The sessions are as follows:

Session 1 – Formulating Long-Term Goals
Session 2 – Identifying and Exploring Unhealthy or Problematic Behaviours
Session 3 – Identifying and Exploring Unhealthy or Problematic Thoughts,
Feelings and Emotions
Session 4 – Identifying and Exploring Automatic Negative Thoughts (ANTs)
Session 5 – Challenge automatic negative thoughts (ANTS)
Session 6 – Activity Plan
Session 7 – Reinforcement of Better Attitudes
Session 8 – Evaluating Goals and Wrap Up

The second program is the Skill Development track that is incorporated as an exercise in every main session. Many adults with ADHD do not struggle because of a lack of knowledge about what they should be doing. They struggle with actually doing it. This programme focuses on practical strategies for coping with ADHD. It addresses the most common difficulties faced by adults with ADHD. Therefore, you may find that not all strategies are as relevant to you. You may also choose to tweak them over time in order to fit your personal preferences.

Each Skill Development track includes practical strategies for implementation that week. The exercises are:

Session 1 – Getting to Bed, Getting Up and Getting to Work on Time
Session 2 – Mastering Time
Session 3 – Using a Planner
Session 4 – Getting Organised
Session 5 – Maintaining an Organisational System
Session 6 – Reflective Activity Planner
Session 7 – Activation and Motivation
Session 8 – Looking to the Future