Negative Coping Skills
The act of deliberately harming one's body with a knife, razor, or any sharp object.
What is Self Harm?
To release anger and frustration by running or working out.
What is exercise?
Instant fixes for stress or anxiety exist.
What is false?
Your client cusses you out.. what is a healthy way to cope with this situation?
What is talk it out, politely bring the issue to the client, or seek restoration when the client is calm.
Yelling, fights, double shifts, lack of sleep, bills overdue.
What are stressors?
The act of avoiding, withdrawling and distancing yourself from others.
What is isolating?
To talk with a therapist or counselor.
What is therapy?
No thought or feeling is wrong in itself, it is what we do with it that really counts.
What is true?
You relapse in this program, what is the correct response?
What is inform the Treatment team?
Being kind, helpful and honest.
What positive qualities?
Name negative ways to cope with sadness.
What is isolating, withdrawal, refusing to talk about it, or lashing out.
To use your creativity to paint, draw, or write when frustrated or upset.
What is art therapy?
Taking time for yourself each day is essential to coping with life's pressures.
What is true.
For 100 bonus points, give the two-word the term for taking time for yourself each day.
A group member is constantly bringing up drugs or negative topics. How would you cope with this situation?
What is talk to the supervisor or talk to that person?
What are options when I relapse?
The act of regurgitation, excessive exercise, laxatives, and diuretics.
What is purging?
To put your thoughts down on paper.
What is journaling?
Trauma can be thought of as the negative changes that happen to workers and caregivers over time as they witness and engage with other people’s suffering and need.
What is true?
For 100 bonus points what are the two words that describes this for our agency.
Hint: There are 2 different terms!
Someone is in your face yelling.. how can you deal with this situation in a healthy productive manner?
What is walk away or let the person calm down before trying to talk to them?
Eat well, sleep well, work hard, play and laugh with others.
What is self care?
Name negative ways of expressing anger.
What is yelling, screaming, cursing or fighting?
To inhale and exhale in a way that relieves stress and/or anxiety.
What are breathing exercises.
Drinking, smoking, taking pills, or fighting are healthy ways to cope.
What is false?
It has been a rough day and your friend just keeps cracking jokes and not taking anything serious.. are they coping in a healthy way?
What is yes, using humor. Some people first joke around before talking about the real issue. However, doing this for too long and consistently can be avoidance behavior.
Simply listening, being present, withholding judgement, holding space, emotionally connecting and communicating the incredible healing message that you are not alone.
What is empathy?