Healthy Coping Skills
What is a healthy coping skill that can help you relax?
Square breathing
Listening to music
Drawing
Coping skills are only used to help you relax. Why or why not?
False,
Managing your stress, anxiety, and/or depression is not always relaxing. exercise is a great healthy coping skill and is not necessarily relaxing although it results in the relief of negative symptoms.
You are sitting in therapy and notice someone is tapping their pencil really loud.
Yes!
Why are coping skills helpful?
Helps you learn how to handle your emotions
What can you do when you are overwhelmed with Therapy Sessions?
Ask to take a break
Deep Breathing
Listening to calm music
Everyone has the same coping skills.
False
You just finished a therapy session that was draining and more difficult than you expected.
Yes!
Who can benefit from using coping skills? AND When should they be used?
Everyone! All the time!
What is a healthy coping skill you have used this week?
Coping skills are only needed when you're struggling with negative emotions.
False, Coping skills are needing when having any kind of emotion
A little kid is running around and unplugs the video game by accident while you are in the middle of a game.
Yes!
What are some coping skills you use or would like to try using?
walking
coloring
taking a break
deep breathing
What is a healthy coping skill to use when you're feeling lonely and isolated?
Listening to music
Deep breathing
It's important to have a couple of coping tools in your "toolbox" to pull from.
Your vacation is coming to an end and you're feeling anxious about therapy session starting back up.
Yes!
what makes something a "coping skill?"
If it helps you calm down to be able to handle a stressful situation.
What is Square Breathing
Coping Skills are important
You don't have anxiety or depression and things are going really well for you right now.
Yes!
When should you start using your coping skills.
When you start to feel any kind of emotion