Use this journal worksheet to track your practices of the IMPROVE skills. What do you observe?

Use this journal worksheet to track your use and observations of Self-Soothe practices. Remember, you don’t have to wait for intense emotions to use these skills! Self-Soothing Skills can also be used as important self-care techniques to reduce stress.

Crisis survival strategies focus on finding ways to survive and tolerate the moment without engaging in problem behaviors. These skills are about doing what works to get through the moment of crisis without making things worse with problematic coping methods. Crisis survival skills are essential...

Use the “TIPP” Skill to change your body chemistry to reduce extreme emotions quickly. Use Temperature, Intense Exercise, Paced Breathing, and Progressive Muscle Relaxation when: You are feeling emotionally overwhelmed, completely in Emotion Mind, or your emotion is so intense that you are not p...