PTSD Coping Skills Tools | Physician-Designed PDF

A Physician-Designed Tools for Coping with PTSD & Trauma Responses

18 evidence-informed educational tools to help you manage flashbacks, hyperarousal, avoidance, and intrusive memories — use on your own or alongside your care team. Instant digital download.

What’s Inside

• Grounding & stabilization tools — tools on anchoring yourself in the present when trauma pulls you into the past
• Hyperarousal & panic regulation content — educational tools on understanding nervous system responses during moments of overwhelm
• Avoidance & exposure psychoeducation — content on gently understanding what PTSD-related avoidance looks like and how to approach it
• 18 standalone tools — clear, step-by-step educational content for real moments of distress
• Built-in tracking log — a reflective tool to notice patterns and share observations with your therapist

Explore by Topic

• Learning about flashbacks and trauma intrusions → Tools 5, 6, 12
• Understanding anxiety, panic, or hyperarousal → Tools 4, 7, 12
• Exploring intrusive memories or images → Tools 1, 2
• Understanding avoidance patterns → Tools 9, 10
• Recognizing trauma-related thinking patterns → Tool 8
• Exploring emotional numbness or disconnection → Tools 5, 16, 17
• Learning about sleep and nightmares → Tool 13
• Self-compassion and the inner critic → Tool 11
• Understanding hypervigilance and startle responses → Tools 4, 7, 14
• Learning about reassurance-seeking and checking → Tool 3
• Exploring restlessness and physical tension → Tools 7, 17, 18
• Reflective writing frameworks → Tool 15
• Understanding self-critical thinking → Tools 11, 16

Tools can be explored in combination. After each use, the tracking log can help you notice what feels most supportive over time.

This toolkit is designed to complement — not replace — your work with a therapist or treatment team.

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⚠️ For educational and informational purposes only. This content does not diagnose, treat, or cure any condition, and is not a substitute for professional mental health care. Does not establish a doctor-patient relationship. Always consult your care team. In a mental health emergency, in the U.S., call 911 or text 988 or visit the International Association for Suicide Prevention for worldwide resources.

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