Each of us have tools that we have developed during childhood as we dealt with family challenges and learned how to cope in a homophobic world. However, adaptations that got us through those times can ...

A licensed clinical social worker shares what she did for her own anxious son. As the United States enters a third year of the coronavirus pandemic, kids' mental health continues to be a growing issue ...

The deep breathing and mindfulness activities we showed you are only a few examples of different coping skills. There is a wide variety of tools and activities out there to suit your child’s specific ...

In this last piece in our five-part series on the fundamental tools that should be in our self-care tool chests when we come from relational trauma backgrounds, we explore our final and possibly ...

If you are reading this blog, you may be experiencing intense anxiety and trying very hard to apply what you read in order to manage your anxiety on your own. Or you may be in therapy, trying to use ...

Bearing the weight of what the world (and workplace) throws at us can feel like a second full-time job. Coping mechanisms, or strategies for managing stress and other prickly emotions, help us fight ...

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 ...