Coping Skills

Personal Resource: Coping Skills

Personal Resource: Coping Skills

Coping skills are strategies that an individual can use to manage and resolve problems in life and
relationships. Coping skills serve as a significant relationship resource by helping people through
difficult situations that arise in the course of their relationships.

Strategies for increasing your coping skills

1. When you are faced with a problem, try to manage it directly—don’t ignore it or attempt to deny its
existence.

2. Be patient when faced with a problem—sometimes effective solutions take time.

3. Consider multiple possible solutions to any given problem.

4. Remain flexible and willing to try a different solution if your initial strategy doesn’t work

5. Be creative, and think outside the box to develop new ideas for managing problems.