
-Accumulate positive emotions

-Build mastery

-Cope ahead  

-PLEASE skill 


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The ability to reduce emotional pain and increase emotional resilience. A person can't get rid of emotions but it is possible to manage them. Emotional regulation is divided into two parts: changing emotional responses and reducing vulnerability to emotion mind.


Emotion Regulation Within Dialectical Behavior Therapy

Linehan, M. M. (2015). DBT Skills Training Manual (2nd ed.). The Guilford Press. https://survivingcptsd.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/dbt_skills_training_handouts_and_worksheets_-_linehan_marsha_srg_.pdf
- The manual has 3 modules: distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness. Each module has handouts, which are essentially the lesson plans with descriptions and teachings of the skill. 

DBT Skills Training Manual


-Check the Facts 

-Opposite action

-Problem solving 


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