This page is for current clients or anyone interested in participating in activities designed to help therapy remain "therapeutic" between face-to-face sessions. 

These exercises are designed to be helpful, not headaches.  For current clients, some will be assigned.  But for anyone, I encourage you to peruse at your leisure.  Try them on for size, fit, color, style.  See if any of them interest you.

This page was updated 11/13/2024.  Please check back in as I continue to add assignments designed to help you move forward with your personal growth.

Foundations

For current clients, Dr. Minter may direct you to complete one of the following:
  1. Click on this link to watch Dr. Eric Gentry introduce you to your brain and what happens to it when you go through a horrific experience.  (66 minutes; feel free to break it up into multiple sessions)
  2. Specific steps to begin practicing self-regulation can be found here.  (75 minutes; break up if needed).
  3. Some will find this material on grief and mourning particularly helpful (23 minutes).

Listen

Listed below are some audio files containing meditations that some clients have found helpful.  Get comfortable, get yourself "undisturbable," click and listen.
  1. The Wheel of Awareness by Dr. Dan Siegel, adapted by Dr. Steve Minter (27 min).
  2. This link will take you to a relaxation exercise led by a hypnotherapist with expertise in pain management.  Try renting it first and see if it helps (55 min).
  3. The Power of a Story--Your Story (7 min).
  4. Can You Take a Compliment? (8 min).
  5. Be Sure to Count Yourself (12 min).
  6. Jim the Jokester (13 min)
  7. Thanking Your Symptoms (12 min)
  8. Best Bully Story Ever (17 min)

Journal

Journaling is not for everybody, nor is it a cure all.  But some have enjoyed the slowing down which occurs when a person puts pen to paper, and the insights generated.  Here are some suggestions:
  1. Why Therapy?
  2. Four Ss
  3. Adulting
  4. Connecting
  5. Neuroplasticity
  6. Left-Right Brain​
  7. Trust-Part 1
  8. Helping versus Enabling
  9. When is a Problem Actually a Solution?
  10. Cannabis & Me
  11. Demands Versus Resources
  12. What's Love Got to Do With It?
  13. Finding Your ACES Score
  14. Check out the two links on cannabis on the Education" page of this website.  What do you think?  Did you discover anything surprising?


Watch and Do

Are you a "learn by doing" type of person?  The following exercises are designed to create experiential learning opportunities for those wanting to try something different.
  1. Breathing Basics.
  2. For more specific instruction in Box Breathing, you could also review the 3 minute video found here.  Experiment with 3 sets.  Did you notice any difference in your body?  Your sensations or feelings?
  3. One of my favorite movies is The Shawshank Redemption.  Whether or not you have seen it before, watch it again with this question in your mind:  "What themes seem most applicable to my life?"  and "What would it take for me to do what Andy did?"
  4. Watch the Netflix documentary Take Your Pills:  Xanax.  What is your reaction?
  5. ​Lorimer Moseley is a pain scientist, educator and clinician. He is Director of Innovation, Implementation & Clinical Translation (IIMPACT) in Health at the University of South Australia. He is internationally renowned for his studies on pain and its management. Watch this Ted Talk entitled “Why Things Hurt.”  What thoughts and feelings does it generate with regard to your own pain?​