3 category cards (Coping Skills, Triggers, Support Systems) • Double-sided card backs • Session notepad • How-to-play with two game modes • Print at home, laminate for reuse
Games & Engagement Tools, Group Therapy & Psychoeducation
Best for
Individual sessions, early-stage groups, trauma-informed work, and any clinician looking for a low-prep, conversation-starting tool that gives clients a take-home reminder of their own coping skills, support network, and triggers.
This two-page guide helps addiction counselors navigate August 31st — International Overdose Awareness Day — both for their clients and for themselves. It covers what to do before and on the day with clients (ask about losses, review safety plans, normalize grief), includes harm reduction reminders around naloxone access and fentanyl test strips, and offers guidance for clinicians who carry their own grief from client losses. The guide also explains why overdose deaths spike in late summer (disrupted routines, heat, supply changes, clients returning from treatment breaks) and includes a naloxone review checklist to use with all clients during August.
A structured debrief for after a relapse, built on the premise that relapse is data, not failure. Step one reconstructs what happened — the emotions, the external stressors, and the warning signs that got ignored. Step two turns the event into learning: what the client discovered about themselves and what they’d do differently. Step three moves forward with concrete prevention steps and any changes the recovery plan needs. Closes with clinician notes and an action plan so the reflection becomes treatment, not just conversation.
A complete-in-advance plan for the moments a client can’t plan in. The template pairs crisis signs and warning symptoms with immediate coping strategies side by side, then captures who the client can contact in a crisis — name, relationship, phone number, and availability — on a single page. Built to be filled out during a stable session so that when distress, cravings, or crisis hit, the client isn’t improvising; they’re following a guide they already wrote.
