S.T.O.P Skill

This strategy which is from Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) can be useful to help you cope with a distressing situation and keep you from making things worse.

To explore the effectiveness of this skill for you personally, try using it a few times in different scenarios. We’re all unique as is our mental health, so some strategies will work best for some people and less for others. Just keep in mind giving each new strategy a go a few times in different situations before discarding it as unhelpful 🥰

‼️Reflecting on your own personal use of the skill in different scenarios.‼️

1. Rate your level of distress out of 100 before and after you used this skill.

2. Describe what you did at each stage of the acronym

3. What was the outcome of using this skill?

4. How helpful did you find the skill at assisting you cope? Rate out of 5 (5 being most helpful)