Coping Skills and Self-Care for Mental Health

Essential skills to manage intense emotions and develop a self-care practice to promote mental health

4.50 (445 reviews)
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2 hours
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Jun 2021
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$199.99
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What you will learn

Learn to manage Depression, Anxiety, and other Mental Illness with Coping Skills and Self-Care

Learn to manage intense emotions with Coping Skills

Learn dozens of Self-Care Techniques to solve problems and create a sustainable approach to mental health

Emotion Processing Skills- an overview of how to notice, name, explore and make healthy choices about emotions.

Over 100 Coping Skills

Description

When you’re super emotional the thinking part of your brain essentially shuts down. That’s why when you’re upset you say things or do things that you later regret. 

I’m Emma McAdam, a Licensed Therapist, and welcome to The Coping Skills and Self-Care Course.

In this course you’re going to learn what most people don’t teach about coping skills- that they don’t really work on their own. That’s because coping skills need to be used in conjunction with emotion processing skills and self care skills in order to create lasting change. You’ll learn essential skills to manage intense emotions, calm the stress response, and develop a self-care practice that keeps you from burning out.

This course is for anyone who’s struggling with intense feelings of Anger, Sadness, Anxiety, Stress, or Discouragement. Most people only have one or two skills to deal with emotions- like eating, venting or avoiding them.  Within the first 30 minutes you’ll learn dozens of strategies to manage those intense feelings and help you calm down when emotions run high.

By the end of the course you’ll know over a hundred ways you can self-soothe or cope with emotions. In the first section of this course you’ll learn about four different types of Coping Skills:

  • Emotion Coping Skills,

  • Relaxation Skills,

  • Sensory Coping skills, and

  • Distraction Coping Skills. 

Each section will have an explanation, a list of skills, and an exercise you can try.

In the second section of this course you’ll learn about Self-Care, creating habits that lead to a sustainable life.  You’ll learn to take care of your body and mind in a way that renews your energy, resolves emotions, improves relationships and helps you move forward with joy and purpose.

Coping skills and self care work together to help you handle all that life has to throw at you.  Coping skills help you feel better in the short term, and can keep you from acting impulsively. They are essential when you’re overwhelmed with intense emotions.  But, to be most effective and to find lasting solutions to problems, they need to be paired with Self-Care skills.

So sign up now to begin learning right away.


Content

This Course is Informational, not Medical Advice

Disclaimer

Introduction

Introduction

Coping Skills

Introduction to Coping Skills
Emotion Coping Skills
Exercise: Brain Dump
Sensory Coping Skills
Sensory Coping Skills Exercise: Grounding with the 5 Senses
Sensory Coping Exercise: Hot Shower in the Dark
Relaxation Coping Skills
Progressive Muscle Relaxation
2 Minute Stress Release
The Yawn- Lifting the Soft Palate to turn on the Parasympathetic Nervous System
Distraction Coping Skills

Self-Care

Introduction to Self-Care
Emotion Processing Skills
Emotion Processing Exercise: Self-Compassion
Taking Care of Your Body
Making Progress
Overwhelm Antidote
Finding Joy
Connection
Course Summary

Bonus Videos: Setting Healthy Boundaries

Why many people don't set boundaries
How to Set Boundaries Part 1
How to Set Boundaries Part 2

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Reviews

Pete
July 1, 2021
I am a teacher and evaluator who has been asked to take this course, and so far 'it's just what the doctor ordered'!
Rhonda
April 27, 2021
Emma gave clear and concise information about this topic. She is caring, knowledgeable, and compassionate. She considers all situations and helped me have a kinder, bigger heart and mind! I will definitely recommend this course. My favorite section was bonus section. She put me at ease when understanding setting healthy boundaries. So wonderful! Thank you for this course and all you do for community. Thank you, Udemy!
MariaK
April 18, 2021
It was helpful but I found the advice to be pretty generic. I expected a bit more from a course that I paid.
Stacy
March 15, 2021
This course was extremely useful for me. I learned techniques to manage stress and anxiety that I now use daily.
Jacqueline
February 24, 2021
This course points out many important strategies to deal with daily challenges that if unresolved can contribute to the development or aggravate mental problems symptoms. Although I understanding that this course was built up from a compilation of youtube videos, I guess some videos could be edited in order to maintain the flow (e.g., share and subscribe to the channel could be left out).
LauRae
February 8, 2021
I do have a lot of coping skills and self care skills. I want to build on those. It helps that Emma points out that coping skills help bring us to facing and resolving situations we can do something about. I truly appreciate that she uses the term "tough" rather than "negative" emotions. Emotions have their own intelligence and purposes. I want to get stronger at feeling the emotion and using it as a step into action that will help me progress with my life and aspirations.
Noelle
January 22, 2021
This course is a good match for me so I can become aware of what is healthy and unhealthy when it comes to coping skills
Leslie
January 16, 2021
Emma McAdam has a simple way of speaking that makes her a good teacher. I also like that she explains why these skills work. I should have learned these skills but really didn’t. This is a good course when problems seem overwhelming, you feel like you’re in a rut in life or you just don’t know how to proceed or what’s wrong. There are several recommendations regarding mindfulness, and this course offers practical ways to get there. I highly recommend it. The topics covered here should be taught in schools.
Rocio
January 5, 2021
I am so impressed with the instructor. I cant believe I was able to find her. She is amazingly clear and objective.
Andrew
December 23, 2020
I need a less fragmented transcript that could be copy/pasted more easily and without the need for reformatting.
Lexi
November 29, 2020
It’s been helpful so far, really gets me thinking and wanting to use these skills. Also it’s good to just be told general information on the brain and emotions and all that
Elena
November 29, 2020
Great match. Wonderful reminders and learning of new concepts. The soothing voice is a pleasant vehicle of her message.
Steven
November 29, 2019
Emma is able to explain abstract mental health principles in a way that is easy to understand and apply to my life.
Melissa
November 27, 2019
This course, like all of Emma’s courses, is amazing! These skills are invaluable and I love being able to access them at any time, especially when I’m in a heightened emotion state and not thinking clearly. I’ve struggled with mental health for years and these courses help me stay on track. I highly recommend these to anyone!
Phil
November 25, 2019
Super helpful information on self care, coping and setting boundaries. I love the Therapy in a Nutshell series!! Thank you, Emma!

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