Tools for Handling Control Issues

Handling the Need to Control
Eliminating Intimidation
Tempering Idealism
Overcoming the Need to Fix
Eliminating Caretaker Behaviors
Accepting Powerlessness
Letting Go of the Uncontrollables and Unchangeables
Developing Detachment
Unconditional Acceptance and Love
Eliminating Overdependence
Eliminating Manipulation
Overcoming helplessness
Dealing with Suicide
Tempering Survival Behaviors
Developing Self-Control

With kind Permision
James J. Messina, Ph.D., & Constance M. Messina, Ph.D.Copin www.coping.org