Therapies and Coping Skills
This skill helps you stay focused on the present moment, often by using breathing exercises or grounding techniques.
What is mindfulness?
This is a sign that you're moving toward recovery, often shown when you begin to apply coping strategies in real-life situations, like during stressful moments.
What is using coping strategies effectively?
This simple activity helps reduce stress and improve your mood by getting your body moving.
What is exercise?
This skill helps you stay present and focused when someone is speaking, instead of thinking about your reply or getting distracted.
What is active listening?
This Marvel superhero, played by Tom Holland, experiences frequent anxiety and guilt over his dual life.
Who is Spider-Man?
This therapy focuses on challenging negative thoughts and replacing them with healthier ones.
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)?
his sign of progress means you are becoming more aware of your emotions and can better manage difficult feelings.
What is emotional regulation?
These are the basic self-care tasks you do every day, like brushing your teeth, showering, and getting dressed.
What are Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)?
This strategy helps you take a pause during a heated conversation so you don’t say something you’ll regret.
What is taking a time-out or self-regulation?
This wizard reminded us, “Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.”
Who is Albus Dumbledore?
This therapy helps you explore your unconscious mind and past experiences to understand how they affect your current feelings and behaviors.
What is psychodynamic therapy?
This is when you feel ready to re-enter daily activities, work, or social settings while managing your mental health.
What is reintegration?
This form of self-care encourages creativity and expression, often through music, drawing, journaling, or crafting.
What is creative expression or art therapy?
This important relationship skill involves recognizing when your emotional or physical space is being crossed and respectfully setting limits.
What is boundary-setting?
This TV series follows a group of teenagers in therapy after experiencing trauma and loss in their community.
What is 13 Reasons Why?
This coping skill involves identifying your emotions, accepting them, and expressing them in a healthy way.
What is emotional regulation?
This sign of recovery occurs when you can identify triggers and prevent relapse by using the tools you’ve learned in PHP.
What is relapse prevention?
This essential self-care practice is needed to maintain mental health by resting the brain, often interrupted by stress or unhealthy habits.
What is getting enough sleep or sleep hygiene?
This skill involves noticing someone’s body language, tone of voice, and emotions to understand how they’re really feeling.
What is empathy or emotional attunement?
In this Pixar film, an elderly man processes grief and isolation through an adventure that brings emotional healing.
What is Up?
This therapy involves using a structured approach to help individuals break free from harmful habits and create more balanced behavior patterns.
What is Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)?
This is an important milestone when you can begin to independently manage your mental health with minimal supervision or support.
What is independent functioning or self-sufficiency?
This activity involves creating a daily or weekly routine that includes time for yourself, relaxation, and self-reflection.
What is time management?
When you can tell someone how their behavior affects you without attacking them, you're using this relationship-building skill.
What is giving constructive feedback or using “I” statements?
It’s not about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward," is a quote from this boxer-turned-mentor.
Who is Rocky Balboa?