DBT Emotion Regulation Skills: Emotion Psychoeducation and Mindfulness

Stephanie-Vaughn

Psychē, PLLC Vanderbilt University

Key Points

  1. Emotion dysregulation is a common experience for DBT patients.
  2. It is important to discuss the benefits of emotion and challenge desires to eliminate emotions.
  3. Identifying and labeling emotions helps to reduce their intensity.
  4. The emotion regulation module involves psycho-education about emotion, teaches skills to change unwanted emotions and reduce vulnerability to emotion mind.
  5. Mastery involves taking small action steps toward long-term goals; PLEASE skills refer to self-care activities; opposite action involves engaging in a behavior opposite to one that is mood congruent.

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