Coping Cards - Printed Cards

The Coping Cards are a portable set of practical distress-tolerance and emotion-regulation skills designed to help you navigate overwhelming moments in real time. Professionally printed and packaged in a durable travel tin, these cards are designed to go wherever you go — making it easier to access coping strategies when you actually need them most.

Unlike traditional therapy worksheets or long books that can be difficult to use during moments of overwhelm, these pocket-sized coping cards provide quick, structured prompts that are easy to read under stress. Each card explains:

• What the skill is
• When to use it
• How to apply it in everyday life

The cards cover a wide range of practical distress tolerance skills including:

• The Distress Cycle
• Grounding skills
• Self-validation
• Self-soothing strategies
• Planning ahead for triggering situations
• Early intervention skills
• Emotional regulation techniques
• Reducing regrettable actions

Designed for real-world use, the cards are ideal for:

• Keeping in your bag, car, desk, locker, or bedside table
• Taking to therapy sessions
• Using during panic, overwhelm, anger, or emotional shutdown
• Building emotional awareness and coping confidence over time
• Creating personalised coping plans for difficult situations

The compact travel tin makes them particularly useful for:

• Anxiety and panic attacks
• Trauma and PTSD recovery
• Emotional dysregulation
• DBT and distress tolerance work
• Burnout and overwhelm
• Frontline workers and high-stress professions
• Teens and adults learning coping skills

Each card uses simple, practical language with visual layouts designed to be easy to process during moments of heightened stress. Many cards also include QR codes linking to additional free worksheets and video explainers for deeper learning.

Why people love these cards:

• Portable and easy to carry everywhere
• Professionally printed physical product
• Durable travel tin included
• Quick-reference format for stressful moments
• Easier to use than scrolling through notes or apps
• Practical skills that can be applied immediately
• Great companion to therapy or the Distress Skills Workbook

These are not just inspirational quote cards, they are structured therapeutic coping tools designed to help people interrupt distress cycles, regulate emotions, and respond more skilfully under pressure.

Developed by Jessica O'Garr and Dr Al Griskaitis for The Psych Collective