Coping Skills Carolyn Meiller Coping Skills Carolyn Meiller

How to Manage Difficult Emotions: TIP Skills

When we are dealing with intense and difficult emotions, it can be hard to even think about what you can do to help manage them. TIP skills are a great Distress Tolerance skill to help increase your ability to navigate a crisis without making it worse. In this blog I’ll review Distress Tolerance, TIP skills, and share pointers for how to best use TIP skills when you are in an emotional crisis.

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LGBTQ+ Carolyn Meiller LGBTQ+ Carolyn Meiller

Cultivating Queer and Trans Joy in 2025

The start of 2025 has been chaotic, frightening, and dark for queer and trans people. Queer and Trans joy is necessary for us to be able to survive and resist current attacks on LGBTQ+ rights and identities. In this post I will explore joy, why it is necessary at this time for the queer and trans community and share ways to cultivate joy.

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Beginning Therapy Series Carolyn Meiller Beginning Therapy Series Carolyn Meiller

How To Reach Out To A Therapist: Tips and Script

Finding a therapist is only the beginning of starting therapy. After finding a therapist you want to work with, you also have to reach out to them, and possibly set up a brief consultation. In this post, I’ll cover various ways to reach out to a therapist and give a quick overview of what a consultation is. I have also provided a script that you can use when calling or emailing a therapist to work with them.

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Beginning Therapy Series Carolyn Meiller Beginning Therapy Series Carolyn Meiller

5 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Starting Therapy

Are you wanting to start therapy but not sure where to begin? Over the next few weeks, I’ll be writing a Beginning Therapy Series to cover many of the questions people who are starting therapy may have: how do I find a therapist, how do I know if they are a good fit for me, and many more. Before starting to search for a therapist, I recommend asking yourself these 5 important questions!

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