Divorce coping skills

Divorcing couples do move through predictable and understandable stages of divorce, each associated with different practical concerns, emotions, and typical behavior patterns. But, divorce initiation often begins with a seemingly calm, barely detectable phase.

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Coping with Divorce

DBT skills such as distress tolerance can help you cope during an emotional crisis. Use these distress tolerance skills to help calm your emotions when you feel they are at a breaking point. Or consider joining a DBT Skills Group. You will learn skills to better manage your mood, relationship issues and more. We offer an adult and teen group. Learn more on our website.

6 December 2022

Moving back and forth between two parents and two different houses can be emotionally stressful on a child or teen that is trying to learn how to adjust and cope to a divorce. The “Two-House” CBT Art Therapy Worksheet helps individuals reduce stress through building structure within the two-family homes by exploring the needs and concerns of the child in a creative way. Divorce affects the entire family system and can be very difficult for children and teens to cope with. Children often…

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There is no "after divorce" checklist because what helps one person move forward with her life doesn't always work for the next. But thinking carefully about what to do can help you feel more in control of your future. From the practical to the unexpected, here are 15 things to do after divorce. You may find that some of these ideas overlap. #divorcerecovery #womenselfcare

Radically Open (RO) DBT is an adaptation of DBT targeted towards people struggling in the opposite way: those with an overabundance of self-control and who struggle to express emotion. This visual alternative to an RO-DBT* crisis checklist is designed to be fun to review and easy-to-remember (when we use more parts of our brains to study- like do when we engage visual information- we are more likely to remember).

Fifty-percent of all marriages end in failure. That’s 50% of evangelical marriages, 50% of secular marriages, 50% of Jewish marriages, 50% of gay marriages – 50% of all marriages just end in failure. And that’s just the first marriage. Statistics show that in the U.S., not only do 50% percent of first marriages fail, but 67%

A blog to help understanding of how stress becomes distress and simple coping skills to use to manage this. Click here for to learn more.

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Couples go through a lot of emotional churning and stress when going through stages of Divorce. There are ways to survive and move on.

This free Coping Strategies Worksheets can help you learn about your symptoms and feelings. These free worksheets are designed to help you identify strengths, needs, and goals.