ABC PLEASE, Build Mastery and Cope Ahead
Explore the relationship between ABC PLEASE, building mastery and coping ahead.
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Guiding idea
Start here if reducing vulnerability is the goal and the question is whether ABC PLEASE, Build Mastery or Cope Ahead is the right entry.
Decision aid
These three skills belong to reducing vulnerability, but they work on different levels: ABC PLEASE bundles the broad protective frame of positive experiences, competence and physical stability, Build Mastery strengthens self-efficacy through real experiences of success, Cope Ahead prepares a concrete upcoming stressor mentally and practically. In Linehan's manual, building mastery and Cope Ahead belong closely together, while PLEASE lowers the basic biological vulnerability; the cluster therefore helps distinguish whether a protective system, a step of competence or a concrete rehearsal in advance is needed.
One possible starting point
ABC PLEASE Skills
Better to start here when, for longer-term stabilization, several protective factors need to be built up in parallel.
Also in: Distress Tolerance
Other options
Build Mastery
Better to start here when self-efficacy, experiences of success and a sense of manageability need to be rebuilt.
Also in: Distress Tolerance
Cope Ahead
Better to start here when a foreseeable stressor should be prepared in advance with stance, steps and stumbling points.
Also in: Distress Tolerance