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Printable series · No. 05

Pocket Calm: Coping Skills Cards

Sixty original coping skills cards in five color-coded groups, with card backs, a coping menu, a skills tracker, and six ways to use the deck in session.

  • Coping skills cards
  • Teens 12+ and adults

13 pages · US Letter PDF, print and fillable versions · For teens, adults, therapists, school counselors, and groups

Instant PDF download right after purchase (print and fillable versions). Questions or refunds: contact us. Checkout is by Stripe; the seller on your receipt is Advantage Coaching, LLC.

Clinician use included. Licensed for personal use, or one clinician using it with their own clients and students (print or share the PDF with people you serve). Please don't resell, redistribute, or upload to shared drives or marketplaces.

Mason’s own product; Therapist Front Page earns from these sales.

Cover of the Pocket Calm: Coping Skills Cards printable

What’s inside

Sixty coping skills that actually tell you what to do, in one or two plain sentences. The deck is split into five color-coded groups (calm the body, ground in the present, shift the thought, reach out, and move into action) so it's easy to pick the right kind of skill for the moment. Includes card backs for double-sided printing, blank cards, a coping menu, a skills tracker, and six ways to use the deck in sessions, groups, and classrooms. Written for teens and adults, not little kids.

  • 60 coping skill cards
  • 5 color-coded groups
  • Card backs to print double-sided
  • My coping menu
  • Skills tracker
  • 6 ways to use the deck
  • Blank cards to write your own
All 13 pages, and who each is for
  1. Cover · cover
  2. Start here · Everyone
  3. Cards 1 to 9 · Everyone
  4. Cards 10 to 18 · Everyone
  5. Cards 19 to 27 · Everyone
  6. Cards 28 to 36 · Everyone
  7. Cards 37 to 45 · Everyone
  8. Cards 46 to 54 · Everyone
  9. Cards 55 to 60 + blanks · Everyone
  10. Card backs · Everyone
  11. My coping menu · Everyone
  12. Skills tracker · Everyone
  13. 6 ways to use the deck · Clinician, parent, teacher
  • Preview of page 3, Cards 1 to 9, from Pocket Calm: Coping Skills Cards
    Page 3: Cards 1 to 9
  • Preview of page 4, Cards 10 to 18, from Pocket Calm: Coping Skills Cards
    Page 4: Cards 10 to 18
  • Preview of page 11, My coping menu, from Pocket Calm: Coping Skills Cards
    Page 11: My coping menu
  • Preview of page 12, Skills tracker, from Pocket Calm: Coping Skills Cards
    Page 12: Skills tracker
  • Preview of page 13, 6 ways to use the deck, from Pocket Calm: Coping Skills Cards
    Page 13: 6 ways to use the deck

How it’s used

Built for

  • Teens and adults who want coping skills written as clear, doable steps
  • Therapists and school counselors running sessions, groups, or classrooms
  • Anyone building a personal coping menu

A simple flow

  1. Print the cards, double-sided with the card backs if you like, and cut them out.
  2. Sort them into the five color groups: body, senses, mind, connect, and do.
  3. Try a few, then keep the ones that work on the coping menu.
  4. Track what you used and how it went on the skills tracker.

License: clinician use included

Clinician use included. Licensed for personal use, or one clinician using it with their own clients and students (print or share the PDF with people you serve). Please don't resell, redistribute, or upload to shared drives or marketplaces.

Get Pocket Calm: Coping Skills Cards

Instant PDF download right after purchase (print and fillable versions). Questions or refunds: contact us. Checkout is by Stripe; the seller on your receipt is Advantage Coaching, LLC.

Mason’s own product; Therapist Front Page earns from these sales.

Created by Mason Anglin, PsyD, LMFT, MBA · LMFT #121211 · Registered Psychological Associate #PSB94029529

Educational, not a substitute for care. In a crisis in the US, call or text 988.

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