coping skills Tag

Hoping for Coping: What are Coping Skills?

It usually happens in the first session with a new client. At some point in exploring why they’re coming to therapy, ‘coping skills’ will come up, typically as something the client lacks, or has a desire to possess more of, or wants to effect a trade-up in  – “I need better coping skills.” “Coping skills? No problem, Aisle 8, right next to the canned tomatoes...