Coping Skills
This simple breathing technique involves inhaling for 4 seconds, holding for 4 seconds, and exhaling for 4 seconds.
What is box breathing?
This condition involves persistent feelings of worry, tension, and nervousness.
What is anxiety?
This disorder involves alternating periods of elevated mood and depression.
What is bipolar disorder?
This type of therapy involves multiple people sharing experiences and supporting each other in a facilitated session.
What is group therapy?
In this Pixar movie, emotions like Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear, and Disgust live inside a young girl’s mind.
What is Inside Out?
This coping skill involves focusing attention on the present moment by noticing your surroundings, breathing, or bodily sensations.
What is grounding?
This condition may include symptoms like low mood, loss of interest, fatigue, and hopelessness.
What is depression?
This seasonal mood disorder typically occurs during winter months.
What is seasonal affective disorder (SAD)?
This supportive relationship can include friends, family, mentors, or trusted adults who listen and encourage.
What is a support system?
This film starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence follows two people coping with mental health struggles who bond through dance.
What is Silver Linings Playbook?
This coping skill involves saying kind, encouraging phrases to yourself.
What are affirmations?
This mental health condition can develop after experiencing or witnessing a traumatic event.
What is post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)?
This disorder is characterized by restrictive food intake, intense fear of gaining weight, and a distorted perception of body and weight.
What is anorexia nervosa?
This type of therapy focuses on changing negative thinking patterns and behaviors.
What is cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)?
This psychological thriller stars Natalie Portman as a ballerina experiencing intense pressure and mental distress.
What is Black Swan?
This coping skill involves intentionally focusing on the present moment without judgement.
What is mindfulness?
This disorder involves difficulties with attention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity.
What is attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)?
This disorder is characterized by the presence of obsessions and/or compulsions, and causes significant distress and impairs daily functioning.
What is obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)?
This therapy created by Marsha Linehan teaches mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness.
What is dialectical behavior therapy (DBT)?
This movie starring Robin Williams tells the story of a therapist helping a troubled math genius work through trauma and emotional barriers.
What is Good Will Hunting?
This DBT distress tolerance skill encourages changing body chemistry through temperature, intense exercise, paced breathing, and progressive relaxation.
What is TIPP?
This personality disorder often involves intense emotions, fear of abandonment, and difficulty with relationships.
What is borderline personality disorder (BPD)?
This disorder is a chronic mental health condition combining schizophrenia symptoms (hallucinations, delusions) with mood disorder episodes (depression or mania).
What is schizoaffective disorder?
This evidence-based treatment helps people process traumatic memories through guided eye movements or other bilateral stimulation.
What is eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR)?
This film starring Russell Crowe portrays a brilliant mathematician living with schizophrenia.
What is A Beautiful Mind?