Negative Coping Skills
Refusing to talk to another person. Keeping your headphones on most of the day.
What is avoiding.
To release anger by running or working out
What is exercise.
Instant fixes for stress exists
What is false
The store clerk shorts you a dollar. What is a healthy way to cope with this situation?
The group will determine appropriateness of response.
Name 2 things that stress you out in your life and how you can cope with them.
What are...
The act of avoiding and distancing yourself from peers, staff, and family.
What is isolating.
When you go to talk to a therapist or counselor
What is therapy
No thought or feeling is wrong in itself, it is what we do with it that feeling that really counts
What is true
Your peer cheated while playing a card game with you. What is a healthy way to deal with this situation?
The group will determine appropriateness of response.
Three things I like about myself are...
What are...
To use your creativity to paint, draw, or write
What is art
Taking time for yourself each day is essential to coping with life's pressures
What is true
A peer is constantly bringing up inappropriate or negative topics. How would you cope with this situation?
The group will determine appropriateness of response.
One thing I have learned from this group...
What is...
To put your thoughts down on paper by writing or drawing
What is journaling
All stress is out of your control
What is false
Someone is up in your face yelling. How can you deal with this situation in a healthy productive manner?
The group will determine appropriateness of response.
Two specific ways I have grown this year...
What are...
To talk to staff, peer, or other adult before acting on emotions.
What is thinking before I act.
Fighting, destroying property, hurting others or hurting yourself are healthy ways to cope
What is false
It has been a rough day and your peer just keeps cracking jokes and not taking anything serious. Are they coping in a healthy way? Explain.
The group will determine appropriateness of response.
To adjust your way of thinking in situations when things do not go how you expect them to is called?
Flexibility