"Simply put, coping mechanisms are the ways that any person handles stress, big emotions or challenging life ...

Many people rely on “hoping skills”—such as suppressing thoughts or clinging to ineffective strategies—believing stress will disappear on its own.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches dozens of skills designed to help people reduce painful emotions, stop impulsive behaviors, and build meaningful lives. In my work as a DBT therapist, one of ...

Now, fill out this Choosing Your Coping Tools worksheet (or read it in the drop-down below). Review this list of coping tools on your own or with your parent, then check off which tools have worked ...

Over the years, I have studied and integrated learned stress-coping skills into my life and interviewed people who are actively involved in resiliency programs and the whole trauma/stress spectrum.