What is COPING SKILLS training?
COPECARD CORE 8 Training Guide for Healthy Coping Skills for Stress and Trauma
educates about the stress/trauma experience
normalizes and validates the stress/trauma experience
equips the user with trauma informed coping skills
We have just published our CORE 8 Training Guide. What is Coping Skills training? The training walks you through fundamental aspects of eight coping skills, what we call the CORE 8 (see the COPECARD CORE 8 cards here). TIER 1 skills are identifying stress in your body, brain and feelings. TIER 2 skills are ways to manage (cope with) the stress by using body, brain and feeling coping skills: breathing, moving, progressive muscle relaxation, grounding, identifying feelings and giving and receiving care. Here is an overview from page 1 of the guide:
The training:
educates about the stress/trauma experience
examines how stress/trauma can change us
addresses the daily life impact of stress/trauma on the body, brain, and feelings
normalizes and validates the stress/trauma experience
brings awareness to the body, brain, and feelings response to stress/trauma
moves the question from “What’s wrong with you?” to “What happened to you?”
equips the user with trauma informed coping skills
to cope with stress and trauma
to move us from our “stress/trauma/emotional brain” to our “thinking brain”
to restore functioning
“Training You to Train Others”: outlines the value of learning these skills with the intent of training others
The guide is designed for:
individuals and groups (e.g., family, friends, school, church, mental wellness groups),
everyday settings to understand stress and build healthy coping
stress/trauma survivors and providers (the guide can compliment any existing mental wellness program)
Pair the guide with the COPECARD CORE 8 Set of cards.