How often, in moments of severe stress, have you noticed that your hand reaches for sweets or chips? Or, for example, having quarreled with a friend or experienced an unpleasant incident at work, do you spend hours watching short videos on social networks in order to forget yourself and not think about what happened? Or maybe you are one of those who, when a problem arises in a relationship, tries to avoid direct conversation and ignores the partner? According to schema therapist Richard Brouillette, we mastered all these destructive self-help skills in deep childhood. Once upon a time they really helped us cope with pain and avoid it, but now, as adults, they only make our problems worse. The book “Your Coping Skills Are Not Working” will help you realize how to break out of the vicious circle of established habits, recognize, that you have problems that need to be solved here and now. The author offers a large number of techniques that will help you heal your inner child, as well as cope with the stresses of modern life. You will learn to experience your feelings using written practices, breathing exercises, and rescripting - i.e. replaying a painful situation in your imagination so that it loses its colors and becomes neutral.