Coping Corner

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Here at the Office of Mental Health and Support Services, we know taking care of yourself can be difficult, especially during a pandemic. This website is intended to serve as a resource by providing you with a variety of tools that you can use to navigate self-care in different aspects of your life. These resources are not meant to replace therapy or other professional support.

Coping Skills/Self-Help

Therapy Assistance Online – English Exercises

Calm Meditation, sleep, and relaxation app

Relax Melodies

Western Carolina University Self-Help Resources

Go Ask Alice! Columbia University

Mindfulness Notre Dame

Self-Compassion Notre Dame

Distress Tolerance Notre Dame

AssertivenessLink Notre Dame

Positive Psychology ToolsLink Notre Dame

Progressive Muscle Relaxation

Relaxation Resources Dartmouth

TIPP Skills

Grounding Resources

4 Square Breathing

Manage stress workbook – workbook for students to use as they reflect and work through their stress

Self-Care

www.SelfCareDay.com

www.activeminds.org/about-mental-health/self-care

healthy.kaiserpermanente.org/health-wellness/mental-health/tools-resources

www.boston.com/culture/entertainment/2020/03/18/board-games-online-with-friends

Apps

iPhone/iPad/Apple Watch   |   Android/Google Play

Calm
Provides relaxation and meditation to help improve your sleep and reduce stress with music and melodies.

Breathe
Provides animations to help your breathing.

Insight Timer
Provides guided meditations, music, and talks with the largest library of guided meditations.

Smiling Mind
Spend 10 minutes a day practicing meditation and mindfulness.

Relax Melodies
Melodies that make you feel sleepy.

MyLife
Stop. Breathe. Think. Meditation and mindfulness experience that helps you find peace with meditations and videos.

Prana Breath
Calm and Meditate: Breathing techniques to increase mindfulness.

Resources for Family

www.nami.org/Your-Journey/Family-Members-and-Caregivers/Learning-to-Help-Your-Child-and-Your-Family

www.mhanational.org/what-every-child-needs-good-mental-health

www.wcu.edu/experience/health-and-wellness/caps/self-help.aspx

parents.au.reachout.com/skills-to-build/wellbeing/things-to-try-self-care/how-to-make-self-care-a-family-priority

Community resources – rent, food, mental health services, etc. – grades K-12

Be Well Indiana

Community mental health services locator map provided by the Indiana Division of Mental Health and Addictions

Contact information for Community Mental Health Centers and State Hospitals

Talking to Children About COVID-19 (Coronavirus) A Parent Resource

Specific resources for Mental Health and COVID-19

Crisis Lines

https://academy.bsu.edu/student-life/mental-health-services/coping-corner/