Partial Hospital Program – The Hall at Center House
200 Coping Skills
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Practice deep breathing – in through 44.
your nose, out through your mouth
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Do a puzzle
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Draw, paint or color
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Listen to uplifting or inspirational music 48.
Blow bubbles
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Squeeze an ice cube tightly
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Visit the animal shelter
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Pet your cat/dog
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Clean or organize a space
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Make your bed
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Go to the library
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Play a game on the computer
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Turn on all the lights
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Open the shades/window
Sit in the sun and close your eyes
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Throw rocks into the woods
Suck on a peppermint candy
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Chew gum
Sip a cup of tea
Compliment someone
Read
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Listen to inspirational tapes
Jump up and down
Write yourself a nice note and carry it
in your pocket
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Play solitaire
Do the dishes
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Go for a brisk 10 minute walk
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Dance to music
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Call a friend
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Invite a friend over
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Organize your CDs/music
Write positive affirmations on note
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cards and decorate them
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Go outside and listen to nature
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Rearrange your bedroom
Work in the garden or flower bed
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Plant a flower in a pot
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Sew, knit, or crochet
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Do yoga
Watch a funny or inspirational movie 73.
Make a collage with pictures of your 74.
favorite things
Make a collage showing a positive
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future
Journal
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Paint your nails
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Make a gratitude list
77. Write a thank you note to your best
Scream into a pillow
friend
Swim, run, jog, bike
78. Call a hotline
Jump rope
79. Put on your favorite outfit
Smell a flower & touch the petals
80. Do your makeup
Play a musical instrument
81. Read the comics
Do a good deed
82. Draw a cartoon
Play basketball
83. String a necklace
Sing your favorite song out loud
84. Make friendship bracelets and give one
Count backwards from 500
to someone who looks lonely
Brush your hair 100 times
85. Slowly sip a glass of cold water
Squeeze a stress ball
86. Go on a walk and take photos of
Use some good smelling lotion
flowers on a cellphone or digital
Think of 3 foods for every letter of the
camera – challenge yourself to find 15
alphabet without skipping any
different kinds
Write down how your feeling and why; 87. Bite your pillow as hard as you can
read it once and put it away
88. Talk to a stuffed animal
Visualization – close your eyes and
89. Clean one room of your house
imagine yourself in a beautiful place
90. Ask a friend to meet you at the park
(how does it smell, what do you see, 91. Wash and style your hair
hear, feel…)
92. Go to McDonalds and order an ice
Write something positive about
cream cone off the dollar menu
yourself for every letter of the alphabet 93. Buy or check out a fun magazine and
– decorate it and hang it where you will
read it front-to-back
see it every day
94. Window shop
Slowly eat one piece of your favorite 95. Shred blank sheets of paper
candy
96. Talk into a tape recorder
Write a letter to someone
97. Play a board game with a friend or
Do extra credit homework
sibling
Volunteer
98. Throw a foam ball at an empty wall
Offer to walk a neighbor’s dog
99. Stare at a picture – notice all the details
Find a safe, quiet place to sit and stay
and create a story using those elements
there until you know you can be safe 100.Play hacky sack
Look at pictures in a magazine
101.Draw random designs and color them
Write a fairy tale
in
Draw a cheerful picture with sidewalk 102.Turn your designs into cards
chalk
103.Go to the movies
Pray
104.Go to the mall and people watch
Recite the serenity prayer
105.Write a list of compliments about a
Print your favorite Bible verse on a card
friend or teacher and give it to them
and memorize it
106.Make and decorate a foam or paper
Decorate your locker
frame for your favorite photo
Decorate your mirror with positive
107.Write an inspirational quote on your
affirmations and your favorite photos
mirror with an eyeliner pencil
Do a crossword, word search, or
108.Read a joke book
Sudoku puzzle
109.Pick out 5 of your favorite jokes and tell
Visit an inspirational website
them to 3 friends
110.Play with silly putty or modeling clay
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111.Make an inspirational banner for your 152.Play the “15-minute game” (Avoid
189.Start a coin collection – look through
room
something for 15 minutes, when time is
the couch, your car, the junk drawer
112.Blog
up start again)
190.Find a guided meditation to listen to on
113.Write poetry
153.Plant some seeds
YouTube
114.Exercise – go for a walk or run
154.Search for your dream home or car
191.Make a duck-tape wallet or flower
115.Put on fake tattoos
online
192.Laugh out loud
116.Scribble/doodle on paper
155.Try to make as many words out of your 193.Make a drum kit out of kitchen pots
117.Be with other people
full name as possible
and pans
118.Watch a favorite TV show or movie
156.Sort through your photographs
194.Finger paint
119.Post on web boards and answer others’ 157.Play with a balloon
195.Draw tiny circles on a piece of paper
posts
158.Give yourself a facial
until its completely covered
120.Study the sky
159.Find yourself some toys and play with 196.Go outside and spin around until you
121.Cover yourself with Band-Aids where
them
feel dizzy
you want to cut
160.Start collecting something
197.Learn how to plan an instrument
122.Let yourself cry
161.Play video games
198.Pop bubble-wrap
123.Take a hot shower or a relaxing bath 162.Clean up trash at your local park
199.Bite into a lemon
124.Try some aroma therapy (light a candle, 163.Go out for ice cream
200.Think of 5 more skills to add to this list:
use room spray)
164.Perform a random act of kindness for
201.____________________________
125.Meditate
someone
126.Go somewhere very public
165.Text or call an old friend
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127.Bake cookies
166.Write yourself an “I love you
128.Rip paper into itty-bitty pieces
because…” letter
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129.Plan your dream room (colors,
167.Look up new words and use them
204.____________________________
furniture, etc.)
168.Rearrange furniture
130.Hug a pillow or stuffed animal
169.Smile at five people
205.____________________________
131.Hyper-focus on something like a rock 170.Play with little kids
132.Build a pillow fort
171.Clean your closet
133.Go for a nice long drive
172.Try to do handstands, cartwheels, or
134.Complete something you’ve been
backbends
putting off
173.Teach your pet a new trick
135.Draw on yourself with a marker
174.Learn a new language
136.Take up a new hobby
175.Move EVERYTHING in your room to a
137.Look up recipes, cook a meal
new spot
138.Look at pretty things, like flowers or art 176.Play Frisbee with friends
139.Create or build something
177.Search online for new music/artists
140.Make a list of blessings in your life
178.Make a list of goals for the
141.Jump on a trampoline
week/month/year/5 years
142.Watch an old movie
179.Go to a museum
143.Ride a bicycle
180.Watch videos of puppies on YouTube
144.Feed the ducks, birds, or squirrels
181.Braid your hair
145.Memorize a poem, play, or song
182.Sit on the floor
146.Stretch
183.Go to a playground
147.“Shop” online without buying anything 184.Fly a kite
148.Color-coordinate your wardrobe
185.Go to the beach and listen to the waves
149.Inventory everything in your room
186.Look for a new project on Pinterest
(take pictures and make a list)
187.Create window art with dry-erase
150.Watch fish
markers
151.Make a playlist of your favorite songs 188.Find clothes you don’t wear anymore
and make them new (add paint,
patches, etc.)
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