{"product_id":"behavioral-activation-counseling-activities","title":"Behavioral Activation Counseling Activities","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen students are feeling sad and their mood is low, their instinct is to pull back: skip things, stay in, wait until they feel better. The problem is that the less they do, the lower their mood gets. 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