Emotion Management will help develop your capability to avoid making your mood worse or acting on your feelings in a way that is incompatible with wellness.    Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Skills Training teaches skills to help manage thoughts, manage feelings, relate more effectively and handle distress without acting impulsively.    In particular, Mindfulness training is helpful in managing stress and relationships.  Through the DBT Skills and Mindfulness training you will learn to stay in-the-moment, decrease negative thinking and impulsivity.  If you are having trouble giving up self-defeating behaviors, then you can benefit from these skills.    Currently I offer individual, couples and family skills training as part of my counseling services.  For a list of class providers, see the last page of this websit under Other Information.
Stress Mgt Quiz Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Dialectic Behavioral Therapy (Handouts) M. Linehan Info DBT Overview (not just for Borderline PD)	Distress Tolerance Emotion Regulation Interpersonal Effectiveness Core Mindfulness More Mindfulness Diary Cards
Syllabus: Core Mindfulness Class 1 - Intro to DBT; Guidelines and Core Mindfulness Class 2 - What to do to be Mindful and How Class 3 - Mindfulness Continued Syllabus: Distress Tolerance Class 1 - Crisis Survival Strategies; Distract Class 2 - Strategies: Self-Soothe and Improve Moment Class 3 - Improve Moment and Pros/Cons; HW Sheet 1 Class 4 - Accept Reality; Breathe, 1/2Smile & Awareness Class 5 - Radical Acceptance and Willingness; HW Sheet 2 Class 6 - Distress Tolerance Review	SYLLABUS: Interpersonal Effectiveness Class 1 - Situations and Goals for IE; HW Sheet 1 Class 2 - Factors Interfering with IE Class 3 - Myths about IE and Cheerleading for IE Class 4 - IE Intensity Considerations; HW Sheet 2 Class 5 - IE Practice Situations Class 6 - Objective Effectiveness Guidelines (DEAR MAN) Class 7 - Relationship (GIVE) and Self-Respect (FAST) Effectiveness Guidelines; HW Sheet 3 Class 8 - IE Review SYLLABUS: Emotion Regulation Class 1 - Goals of ER; Myths about ER Class 2 - Model for Describing Emotions Class 3 - Ways to Describe Emotions Class 4 - Ways to Describe Emotions, cont'd; HW Sheet 1 Class 5 - What Good are Emotions; HW Sheet 2 Class 6 - Reducing Emotional Vulnerability Class 7 - Increasing Positive Experiences; Pleasant Events Class 8 - Letting Go; Act Opposite; HW Sheet 3