Coping With Kate

This course is ideal for: 1) A motivated self-learner who wants the "hard times" to be less hard, to deepen or improve their relationships, to live in greater harmony with themselves, or to manage the ups and downs of life in a more sustainable manner. 2) For a person who is in a therapy that's "stuck", or who has tried many therapists and feels like therapy is "not working". This is the ideal scenario for doing the course alongside a therapy, and processing what you've learned with your therapist. It can also be used as a "boost" to an otherwise positive therapy. 3) Someone who has just finished an intensive program (Psychiatric Hospitalization, Partial Hospitalization [PHP] or Intenstive Outpatient [IOP]) who wants more support as they transition to outpatient care.

The goal with these courses is accessibility. The courses are all video based (subtitles included), but can be completed in audio-only format too. You'll be presented the material, tips to help you use the skills, and homework to help you get started with them. There are written PDFs included in many courses, which are meant to be supplemental - a deeper dive, or a related topic for those that want to learn more. If you are interested in many skills you likely want to buy a package set (like the "distress tolerance skills" or the "mindfulness skills") as you get many skills for a fraction of what you'd pay to buy them each individually. If you only want a few skills then just buy what looks like it it would be helpful to you.

There are two main types of coping skills presented: 1) Direction based: skills that will give you step-by-step directions to help you get through a challenging moment (i.e. how to distract yourself in a responsible manner that won't create problems for you, how to soothe your body etc). 2) Conceptual: these skills are concepts to keep with you that help you approach your struggles through a different framework (i.e. taking a non-judgmental stance, working on acceptance).

Every course includes 2+ hours of the same introductory material, orienting you to how change happens, how we get stuck in our lives, and giving you basic frameworks. After that introduction, then the designated skills are presented. After you've seen the introduction once, you don't need to watch it again. All skills (after the introduction) are between 20-70 minutes of course material.

The best way to find out if you will benefit is to signup and watch the free preview material - it's the same for each course. If you learn something or benefit from it, it's likely you'll continue to benefit from the paid content. If the free material doesn't resonate with you or feel useful then these may not be the skill building courses for you. If you're hesitant to try that, you are also welcome to access over 70 free articles Kate has written on the topics covered in the course at kategegg.com/blog. If you find those useful, then you are likely to find the course(s) useful as well as they are a deeper dive into those same topics (and more).

You buy it once, and you have access forever. One thing Kate recommends is revisiting skills to help with the learning process (she'll discuss this more in the videos). One purchase enables lifetime access.

You can read about the skills presented anywhere - Kate would recommend it! Any further training will only help you apply the skills to your life. What Kate offers in the course is her 10+ years of clinical experience helping people learn, understand, and apply the skills - it's the application where things often go awry, and that's where she's focusing her instruction.

This is not therapy. It is not 1:1 or interactive. It's not meant to be a substitute for therapy, but it can boost a therapy that's stalled, or help a motivated self-learner who isn't in therapy at the moment.

Please don't. These prices are set to be accessible, and the hope is anyone that needs access could pay the fees for the lifetime access to the material.