For counseling centers
Bring the Coping Deck into your counseling center.
Counselors get applied coping techniques to hand to students, plus blank cards to write a strategy, an intervention, or anything else that helps that student. The support continues between sessions.
Why a card
Cope with the stressor. Don't scroll away from it.
In my years as a counselor, I've watched coping skills lists get lost, and other therapists tell me the same thing. When the hard moment comes, the skills aren't there.
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The worksheet
Folded, torn, forgotten.
It goes home in a bag and ends up at the bottom, lost under everything else.
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The phone
The skill is in there. So is everything else.
A notification pulls you away. Scrolling can numb a stressor for a minute, but it doesn't help you move through it.
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The card
Phone, keys, coping strategy.
It's in the wallet you already check before walking out the door. No screen, no feed, no battery. Drawn from ACT, DBT, mindfulness, CBT techniques, and more.
Try it
Pick a moment. See the card.
Every card is an Anchor to ground, a Compass to find direction, or a Hammer to take action. Choose what a student might be facing.
Real cards from the Counseling Center Edition, which includes 52 strategies drawn from ACT, DBT, mindfulness, CBT techniques, and more.
Tap a moment to deal a new card
Campus packages
Sized to your counseling center.
Every package uses the Counseling Center Edition of the Coping Deck and includes a free 30-minute video call with founder Derek Wilson, LPC, CMPC, to plan how your team will use the cards.
Limited pilot packages available
Start here
Pilot
Try it with your team before a bigger order. Easy for a director to approve.
For any school. In stock, ships in 3 to 5 business days.
$149
One-time order. About 72 cents per card.
- 3 Counseling Center Edition decks (52 cards each)
- 50 write-your-own cards
- 1 fine-tip permanent marker and 5 mini Sharpie markers
- Free 30-minute video call with founder Derek Wilson, LPC, CMPC, on best practices for implementation
Ready for more?
Larger teams and campuses can inquire about further packages. Tell us about your counseling center and we'll put together a package that fits.
Inquire about further packagesAn evaluation after the pilot
At the end of the pilot, we'll look together at how your counselors used the cards and what students said about them. From there, you can choose what comes next, including a subscription option that keeps your team stocked.
Custom cards
Your school's name and colors for a one-time $75 design fee. Adds 7 to 10 days. Available on larger packages. Write-your-own cards stay blank so counselors can make them personal.
Easy for your office
Purchase orders and invoices accepted. W-9 available for vendor setup.
The pilot is a one-time order and nothing renews automatically. Shipping is quoted separately. Not a school? Practices, teams, and organizations are welcome to inquire too.
Ways to use a write-your-own card
One blank card. Whatever that person needs.
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The client who loves poetry
A client lights up whenever poetry comes up in session. Before they leave, their counselor writes a favorite poem on a write-your-own card.
It goes home in their wallet. On a hard night, the words that already move them are right there to steady them.
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The positive affirmation
A client is struggling to say anything kind about themselves. Together, they and their counselor find one sentence that feels true and write it on a card.
They see it every time they reach for their ID. Little by little, it starts to sound like their own voice.
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The student who feels alone
A student feels alone on a campus full of people. Their counselor writes a few words of motivation on a card and hands it over at the door.
On the days it is hard to get to class, the card is still there. Those words become part of what drives them forward.
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The client's own words
A client says out loud what they are ready to commit to. Their counselor hands them a blank card, and they write it in their own words.
It stays with them all week. When it gets hard to follow through, their own handwriting holds them accountable.
A few examples of how counselors can use a blank card. What goes on it is up to you and the person in front of you.
Why it works for your team
Simple to start. Easy to use.
No setup
No app, logins, or new system to manage.
Private
The cards don't collect any student data.
Fits into your work
Counselors can hand one out or write one at the end of a session.
Support between sessions
Students take something with them between sessions.
These cards support counseling. They don't replace clinical care or crisis services.
The ripple
It starts with one student. It doesn't have to stop there.
The cards aren't only for the person in your office. They give students a simple way to support each other, too.
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The session
A counselor gives a student something to carry.
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The student
They keep it and read it again on a hard night.
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The next person
One day, they can pass it on to a friend, a roommate, or a teammate who could benefit.
Support that starts in your office can keep moving across campus.
Derek Wilson, LPC, CMPC
I'm a Licensed Professional Counselor and Certified Mental Performance Consultant, and I've worked as a therapist in schools, universities, and athletic programs. I built these cards for what happens after a session ends.
Get in touch
Bring it to your counseling center.
Tell us your school and whether you'd like a call or a package. We reply within 2 business days.