For Family, Friends, and Practitioners
How to Use Now Matters Now
Free Online Trainings
We’ve created a series of free online courses available to anyone looking to gain deeper insights into Now Matters Now skills and methods. Community Courses are available for those with suicidal thoughts, substance or mental health problems or their family members and friends. Service Provider Courses are available for healthcare, crisis, peer support service and school based providers.
Community
For those with suicidal thoughts, substance or mental health problems or their family members and friends.
Caring Contacts
A simple way to help prevent suicide, for Service Providers as well. (2 hours)
1 Week ‑ Micro‑Interventions
Includes 3 Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills. (2 hours)
NowMattersNow.org Expert Navigator Certification
Prepares you to share the Now Matters Now.org resource, for Service Providers as well. (1 hour)
Service Provider
For healthcare, crisis, peer support service and school based providers.
1 Week ‑ Micro‑Interventions
Includes 3 Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills. (2 hours)
1 Week ‑ Suicide Safe Care
(2 hours)
5 Month ‑ Recommended Care
(10 hours, not yet released)
12 month ‑ DBT skills
(26 hours, Micro‑Interventions required first)
Resources
We regularly create free, printable, and shareable Now Matters Now worksheets and resources to support skill practice and deepen understanding of the science behind Now Matters Now.
Caring Messages
Caring Messages are one of the simplest ways to support someone who is going through emotional hell. Learn more about this brief, non‑judgmental, non‑demanding approach that works best when repeated over time.
Caring Messages examples from Now Matters Now
Downloadable pdf
Caring Message Cards
Download our three options for Caring Message cards and send them to a professional printer. Write a short message on the back and share.
Research and Insights on Caring Messages
Slideshow from Now Matters Now, including video clips from CBS News
How Caring Letters Help in Suicide Prevention
Article from CBS Sunday Morning News
The Best Way To Save People From Suicide
Article from the Huffington Post
Caring Messages Online Course
Free online course
Stop, Drop, Roll
You can “Stop, Drop, and Roll” when On Fire emotionally.
Stop, Drop, and Roll with Now Matters Now
A series of videos from Now Matters Now on how to use Stop, Drop, and Roll
Microsite
Visit our micro‑site for young adults.
How to “STOP” Impulsive Behaviors
Article about how to stop impulsive behaviors, by Dr. Kiki Fehling for Psychology Today
Video of Eye Contact from Now Matters Now
If you have no one to make eye contact with you can use this video
Conceptual Model of and Intervention Development for Unplanned Suicide Attempts
Research paper on the development of Stop, Drop, Roll and quotes for attempt survivors
Safety Planning
We know what to do in physical fires. What’s your plan for emotional fires? Create your Emotional Fire Safety Plan.
Now Matters Now Safety Plan Guide
An in‑depth workbook guide for creating a safety plan
Safety Planning Phone App
A confidential phone app for Safety Planning, provided for free by the VA, that helps you practice coping skills and access your safety plan easily from your phone.
Domestic Violence Safety Planning
Safety Planning when you’re worried about abuse from a partner, by The National Domestic Violence Hotline.
Substance Use Safety Planning
An example Safety Plan worksheet for substance use recovery, created by The Institute for Family Health.
Now Matters Now Emotional Fire Safety Plan
A one‑page, check‑list‑style handout for safety planning, created by Now Matters Now.
WRAP Plan
Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) from the Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust.
Guided DBT
Use a Diary Card and Practice Assignment to make the most of your skills practice.
Diary Card
Skill Practice
Posters
Posters designed by our Team.
Stop, Drop and Roll Steps
Ten Things Suicidal People Wish They’d Known
Language Matters
The Science Behind Now Matters Now
We know what helps people in crisis. Now Matters Now was created with that knowledge in mind. Our efforts are focused on three main evidence‑based components: Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Narrative Psychology, and Social Support.
Stress Model
Stress Model explains why, for some of us, it is harder to manage the emotional pain of living.
NMN Overview 1‑sheet
Share this Flyer describing NowmattersNow.org.
Rationale
Developed collaboratively with experts.
Skills Library
At Now Matters Now, we believe that we always have 5 choices for building meaningful lives. These choices help us reduce pain and suffering. They help us move towards joy and peace. They help us connect more deeply with others and with ourselves. Every moment, each person gets to decide what choice they want to make. Now Matters Now offers resources and evidence-based coping skills for all of the 5 choices.