Printable PDF Download: Positive and Negative Coping Skills | Activity Worksheet for Developing Coping Skills

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A growing awareness of the ways we cope with upsetting situations and how those coping strategies are helping or harming us can be a step towards developing the capacity to choose kinder ways to cope. This worksheet is designed as a sort of fill-in-the-blank worksheet (but, like, way more fun) to list coping skills.

Suggested Uses: This worksheet invites the user to fill the jar with all the different things they use to cope with upsetting feelings. Users can write, draw, or otherwise represent their responses in the empty space of the jar. When they are finished, counselors can reflect with clients or students about whether each skill is positive, negative, or neutral. 

Learn More: For more information on this topic, read the article: Recovery Isn’t “Getting Rid” Of Negative Coping Skills, It’s Learning New Skills. This product is available as a free pdf for Lindsay’s Patreon members.

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