The Skillful Podcast24 Juli 2019

#9: Introduction to Distress Tolerance & the STOP Skill

Marielle and Ed delve into a discussion today on how you can learn to tolerate emotional distress and overwhelm without making things worse. There's a whole range of behaviors that we can learn, from mindfulness to using creative ways to distract. Learn more about how to ride out emotional storms with getting carried away by the winds.

Show Highlights:

Resistance of emotional pain creates an additional level of suffering
Dialectical approach of accepting what is AND looking for ways to change
Cultural push to fix things
When we respond to emotional pain in unskillful ways
Learning to ride out emotional pain more skillfully
Feeling shame over the coping habits we have established
Distress tolerance skills are a natural outgrowth of mindfulness skills
Concepts of emotion mind, reasonable mind and wise mind
Subjective units of distress or SUDS
Learning to ride out the storm
How we define a crisis in DBT
When NOT to use these skills
Skilled distraction
STOP skill is where we start: Stop, Take a Step Back, Observe, Proceed Mindfully

Links & Resources:

www.bayareadbtcc.com

Book:

"DBT Skills Training Handouts and Worksheets" - by Marsha Linehan

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