Objectives

  • Review the basic premises of DBT
  • Learn about the HPA-Axis
  • Define emotion regulation
  • Identify why emotion regulation is important and how it can help clients
  • Explore emotion regulation techniques
  • Define goals of distress tolerance
    Discuss why some clients do not choose distress tolerance
    Explore a variety of Distress Tolerance and Reality Acceptance Skills including
    • STOP
    • Pros and Cons
    • TIP
    • ACCEPTS
    • Self Soothing
    • IMPROVE the Moment
    • Radical Acceptance
    • Turning the Mind