Effective Coping Skills

I am excited to announce a Coping Skills Group for those interested in exploring practical coping skills over a wide range of mental health issues.  I developed this group over the eight years I worked in a Partial Hospital Program (PHP).

Effective Coping Skills
Ten Week Syllabus

Week 1

  • Overcoming Depression
  • Symptoms and causes
  • Negativity and self-criticism
  • Positive perspectives that build hope
  • Coping with suicidal ideation

Week 2

  • Self-defeating behavior
  • Low self-esteem and dysfunctional coping
  • Negative feedback spirals
  • Implosive anger
  • Effective coping skills

Week 3

  • Stress and Anxiety
  • Stress vs distress
  • Obsessive worry (negative what…ifing)
  • Thought stopping/positive feedback cycles
  • Effective coping skills

Week 4

  • Self-Expression and Creativity
  • Left-brain-right-brain (conflict or harmony)
  • Feelings need for expression/validation
  • Journaling and other creative expressions
  • Effective coping skills

Week 5

  • Resistance and Codependency
  • Why do I resist what is good?
  • Fear, anger and inner-pain
  • Self-inventory
  • Effective coping skills

Week 6

  • Effective Anger Management
  • Symptoms of suppressed anger
  • Implosive vs. explosive anger
  • Effective anger management

Week 7

  • Self-Awareness
  • Transactional analysis (an overview)
  • Adult light-bulb moments
  • Healing the Inner-Child
  • The Parent (healthy control)

Week 8

  • Grief and Loss
  • Overview (5 stages)
  • The path of healing
  • A strategy for healing

Week 9

  • The Art of Assertiveness
  • Passive/assertive/aggressive
  • Personal situations
  • Role-play

Week 10

  • Spiritual and Mental Health
  • Helping others
  • Why not offer care to myself?
  • “The long and winding road”

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