Therapy Tools

Distress tolerance tools, such as ACCEPTS, are intended to provide a distraction from stressors and help you to cope with challenging emotional situations one moment at a time.

Some clients are easily able to identify their challenges and express their readiness to make behavioral changes. A key component of MI is to identify which Stage of Change a client is at when entering therapy.

This Wise Mind refers to the state of mind that best regulates emotions and manages behavior. It is a key concept used in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) which is a type of therapy that teaches clients to balance and tolerate opposites while decreasing black-and-white thinking.

20 helpful therapy tools to use to manage feelings of anxiety and distress – you can give them a try on your own, or in conjunction with therapy sessions.

Have you ever found yourself getting overly worked up or anxious about something before it even happened? This common anxiety is known as a cognitive distortion. By identifying these distortions, we can learn to isolate and overcome cognitive distortions – using a tactic known as "reframing."

Learn to use the ABC Model to examine your thoughts and and behaviors.

Learn about using a sleep diary to improve your resting (and waking!) hours.

Learn how to identify your personal strengths and use them to put yourself on the path to success.

Learn to challenge irrational thoughts and beliefs with cognitive restructuring.

Learn about safety planning, and how you can create a plan to help prevent harm.

Anxiety 5, 4, 3, 2,1 is a mindfulness exercise used to cope with, lessen, and manage anxiety. Learn about how the technique works and ways you can use it to combat anxiety!

Learn more about negative core beliefs – and how to stop them from tearing you down.