Coaching practices for Tipp Sequence

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  • When I’m this far gone no single trick is enough
  • Every calming trick I know needs a clear head, and I don’t have one when I’m flooded
  • The name is right there on the tip of my tongue, I can almost taste it
  • I have a list of things I need to recall in a precise order
  • The distress is here right now and I’m restless with it

Practices that may help

  1. Combine TIPP components into a crisis sequence
    For very high arousal, run TIPP as a full sequence — temperature first, then exercise, then breathing, then relaxation.
    TIPP: DBT’s Crisis Skill for Rapidly Lowering Emotional Intensity
  2. TIPP: DBT’s Crisis Skill for Rapidly Lowering Emotional Intensity
    TIPP — Temperature, Intense exercise, Paced breathing, Progressive relaxation — is a DBT skill developed by Marsha Linehan for rapidly reducing extreme emotional arousal using physiological interventions. Unlike cognitive approaches, TIPP works on the body directly and can shift arousal within minutes, making skills that require reflective thinking accessible again.
  3. Use TIPP to make other skills accessible again
    TIPP is not the endpoint — it reduces arousal so cognitive and interpersonal skills become usable.
    TIPP: DBT’s Crisis Skill for Rapidly Lowering Emotional Intensity
  4. Tip-of-tongue resolution practice
    When you feel you know something but can’t retrieve it, work the retrieval actively rather than giving up.
    Feeling of Knowing: Why Your Confidence Misleads You
  5. Chain items with the linking method
    Turn a list into a story where each item interacts bizarrely with the next.
    Peg System Mnemonics, Made Practical
  6. Run the tapping sequence from eyebrow to underarm
    Tap each of the nine points in sequence while repeating a reminder phrase about the specific problem.
    EFT Tapping: What It Is, How to Do It, and What the Evidence Shows
  7. Use acronyms and narratives to compress chunks
    Package a multi-step list into a single memorable label or story.
    Chunking: How to Learn More by Grouping Better
  8. Reverse and Rearrange
    Ask: what if the sequence were inverted, the roles were swapped, or the normal order were reversed?
    SCAMPER: A Systematic Creativity Technique
  9. Recognition-speed drills
    Flash configurations briefly to force pattern recognition rather than analytical reconstruction.
    Chunking: How Experts See What Beginners Miss
  10. Specify the when and where for every goal action
    "I will do [behavior] at [time] in [location]" — specificity creates an automatic trigger.
    If–Then Planning, Made Practical

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