Emotion Regulation for Trauma

United States Department of Homeland Security

Key Points

  1. Emotion regulation involves identifying and labeling specific emotions and understanding their purposes.
  2. The purpose of emotion regulation is to increase awareness and acceptance of emotions and manage them effectively.
  3. The main goal of emotion regulation from a trauma-focused DBT perspective is to treat our emotions like a garden of flowers.
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