STOPP technique
STOPP Stop and Step Back Don’t act immediately. Pause. Take a Breath Notice your breath as you breathe in and out. Observe What am I thinking and feeling? What are the words that my mind is saying? Is this fact or opinion? Descriptions or evaluations? Accurate or inaccurate? Helpful or unhelpful? What unhelpful thinking habit am I using (e.g. mind-reading,…