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.

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.

A self-care kit helps you to keep options for self-care and coping all in one place to decrease decision fatigue and overwhelm when trying to engage in effective coping. Learn how to make and effectively use a self-care kit in 5 easy steps to help combat feelings of anxiety, depression, and stress.