Emotion Regulation

DBT Emotion Regulation #8: Balancing Emotional Urges

Our emotions often naturally pair with certain behaviors. For example, when we are angry, the primal reaction may be to verbally or physically attack someone (here's where the concept civilized society kicks in). In this video we'll work on practicing to act the opposite of your emotional urges. In DBT this is a valuable skill that teaches you to engage in more effective behaviors.

DBT Emotion Regulation #10: Coping Ahead

Coping ahead is all about making a plan for ourselves for dealing with a stressful situation we will encounter in the future. We prepare for the stress situation (internal or external), by thinking about how to apply the skills we learned in the previous lessons and rehearse using them in our head.

DBT Building Mastery

Mindfulness of Current Emotions

This video describes the DBT Skill of Mindfulness of Current Emotions. Thanks to Annmarie Wacha-Montes, Psy.D. and members of the DBT-RU and the Kleiman Lab for their contributions. Illustrations by Jesse Finkelstein.

PLEASE

This video describes the DBT-Skill PLEASE. Thanks to Annmarie Wacha-Montes, Psy.D. and members of the DBT-RU and the Kleiman Lab for their contributions. Illustrations by Jesse Finkelstein.

Opposite Action

This video describes the DBT skill of Opposite Action, for changing ineffective and unjustified emotions. Thanks to Annmarie Wacha-Montes, Psy.D. and members of the DBT-RU and the Kleiman Lab for their contributions. Illustrations by Jesse Finkelstein.