Coping Skills for Anxiety

Coping skills for anxiety include strategies like deep breathing, positive self-talk, and grounding — with the goal of reducing stress and worry over a situation. Regardless of the cause of anxiety, teaching kids and teenagers better ways to cope can protect their health and well-being.

This worksheet can be handed out by parents, counselors, therapists, and other mental health professionals to kids and teenagers. By filling out this worksheet, they can identify unhealthy coping skills they may be having and more importantly, replace these skills with better ones. Remind them to keep practicing these healthy skills whether at home or in school.