Therapy Skills
This skill involves noticing what you are thinking without immediately reacting
Mindfulness
This is the first step in changing behavior
Awareness
This is when you think in a more fair and balanced way instead of assuming the worst
Realistic thinking
This is the ability to continue trying after difficulty or failure
Perseverance
This strategy involves focusing on positive parts of a situation
Positive reframing
This therapy approach focuses on how thoughts affect feelings and behavior
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
This is the process of changing behavior over time through practice
Habit formation
This is the body’s automatic reaction system to perceived danger or stress
Fight-or-flight response
This is the ability to understand and share another person’s feelings
Empathy
This coping tool involves writing down thoughts and feelings
Journaling
This skill is used to calm the body by slowing breathing
Deep breathing
This term means the ability to recover after stress or hardship
Resilience
This is the term for changing an unhelpful thought into a more realistic one
Cognitive reframing
This is the ability to manage your behavior and impulses
Self-control
This technique involves focusing on the present moment using senses
Grounding
This skill involves identifying what you feel and naming it accurately
Emotional awareness
This term means recognizing and changing unhelpful patterns of thinking
Cognitive reframing
This type of thinking focuses on facts instead of worst-case assumptions
Rational thinking
This is the ability to recognize your own emotions as they happen
Emotional awareness
This is the practice of recognizing things you appreciate regularly
Gratitude practice
This therapy skill helps people handle distress without making things worse
Distress tolerance
This term means repeating a behavior until it becomes easier
Practice
This brain process allows learning from experience and forming new connections
Neuroplasticity
This is a structured plan for improving a behavior or skill over time
Goal setting
This coping strategy involves stepping away from a situation to calm down
Time-out / taking a break