Confession time: I used to be constantly on the hunt for free printable handouts for clients. But deep down, I knew the reality: those pieces of paper rarely got looked at more than once or twice before getting lost, forgotten, or trashed. Paper coping cards stay in purses, and thought records don't get pulled out mid-panic attack at the grocery store.
I tried emailing or texting screenshots of skills to clients, but that wasn't a perfect solution either. Are you going to remember to search your messy text threads for a coping skill when you're in the middle of a difficult moment? Neither is your client.
That's exactly where the idea for copeswipe came from. Born out of hundreds of lost handouts, handmade coping cards, and texted pictures, we built an ever-growing suite of tools to actually meet clients where they are in daily life.
Moving from Paper to an Interactive Digital Toolbox
The 50-minute therapy hour is a catalyst, but the other 167 hours of the week are where actual behavioral change happens. And yet most between-session tools haven't caught up with that reality.
We took the concept of traditional coping cards and turned them into an interactive, digital toolbox. copeswipe is designed to help clinicians seamlessly share evidence-based coping skills, while giving clients an accessible way to practice those skills exactly when they need them.
4 Clinically-Grounded Strategies for Between-Session Engagement
- Anchor interventions to existing daily rhythms: Habit stacking removes the burden of willpower and uses the environment as the cue.
- Scaffold practice into micro-steps: A two-minute imperfect exercise beats a perfect thirty-minute one that never happens.
- Move to digital ecological momentary assessment: Capture data when distress actually occurs, not five days later through recall bias.
- Pre-empt avoidance: Before clients leave the room, ask "what's going to get in the way?".
Providing Free Coping Tools for Real Progress
With copeswipe, you can ditch the paper completely. Therapists use copeswipe to assign personalized coping skill exercises to clients for between-session practice. Your therapist assigns the tools. You practice them here, for free.
A growing collection of clinician-written cards spanning anxiety, depression, panic, anger, and sleep. We focus on evidence-based modalities and mindfulness research. No fluff, no fads.
How Clients Use Their Free Coping Tools
- Swipe right to save a skill, left to skip.
- Interactive cards guide in-the-moment practice, while the app tracks progress and prompts meaningful reflection.
- Clients plan strategies, track what works, and journal insights for their next appointment.