Dialectical Behavioral Therapy/Emotion Regulation Skills

Emotion Regulation Borderline and suicidal individuals are emotionally intense and labile – frequently angry, intensely frustrated, depressed, and anxious. This suggests that borderline clients might benefit from help in learning to regulate their emotions. Dialectical behavior therapy skills for emotion regulation include: Identifying and labeling emotions Understanding the function of emotions Identifying obstacles to changing emotions Reducing vulnerability to “emotion mind” Increasing positive emotional events Increasing mindfulness to current emotions Taking opposite action Applying distress tolerance techniques